With the Election Commission of India (ECI) restricting political parties from organising election rallies, leaders have now taken to a fierce and bitter ‘Twitter war’, blaming each other for the present imbroglio.
When Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath commented on former UP chief ministers for building their big bungalows instead of the houses for the poor, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati immediately retorted by commenting on the Gorakhpur Math of Yogi Adityanath. Not to back down, Yogi’s social media team hit back and even raised the issue of Mayawati's exorbitantly priced sandals.
This all started in Aligarh on Saturday, when Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the chief ministers and ministers used to build palaces for themselves before 2017, but BJP built houses for the poor.
Stung by the repartee, Mayawati attacked the chief minister in a series of tweets on Sunday, posting: 'Perhaps the people of western UP do not know that the monastery built by Yogi ji in Gorakhpur, where he lives most of the time, is no less than a big bungalow.”
Yogi's social media team became active after Mayawati’s comment on the Math and tweeted: "On one hand, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dedicated the state government aircraft to protect the lives of the people during COVID-19 pandemic, on the other, sandals were delivered by a government plane and state resources were misused for personal splendour.
In another tweet, Yogi's office invited the BSP chief to visit Gorakhnath Math and posted, “Behenji (sister), memories of sages-saints and revolutionaries of freedom movement have been preserved in Sri Goraksha Peeth, the tapobhoomi of Baba Gorakhnath ji in Gorakhpur. There are temples of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. This centre of social justice is working for the welfare of all. Come sometime, there will be peace. The difference is clear!”
Continuing her attack on the BJP on Monday, the BSP chief tweeted: “It would have been better if the CM of UP, besides praising his government, had also mentioned some works related to the public interest of the BSP government, because they should know that BSP had launched schemes of providing houses to the poor and land to the landless. The BSP government's record has been better.”
She further posted, “Under Manyavar Kanshi Ram Ji Shahari Garib Awas Yojana by the BSP government, more than one and a half lakh pucca houses were given in only two phases and many families got the benefit under Sarvajan Hitaya Garib Awas Ownership Scheme. Land was also given to lakhs of landless families.”
