Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday beat Congressional Vice President Rahul Gandhi on his planned visit to Gorakhpur, saying that “the Yuvraj (prince) sitting in Delhi” can not allow Gorakhpur to be “a Place of a picnic “.
The Prime Minister, who opened a clean-up campaign in the district to deal with the deadly encephalitis outbreak following the death of 72 children at the BRD hospital in Gorakhpur, also attacked Samajwadi party chief, Akhilesh Yadav.
“I feel that the shehzada who is sitting in Lucknow .. anduvraj sitting in Delhi will not know the importance of this cleaning campaign, they will come here to turn it into a picnic place, we can not allow it,” he said, attacking Gandhi who is scheduled to Meet the families of the victims and visit the BRD hospital on Saturday.
Adityanath stressed the launch of the “Swachth Uttar Pradesh – Swasthya Uttar Pradesh” campaign if anyone presents an open challenge to self-respect from the people of Gorakhpur and the eastern part of UP … they will themselves come forward to combat those dreaded diseases. ‘In Gorakhpur.
Expressing hope that the campaign will succeed in controlling encephalitis, he accused previous governments of depriving the people of the state of basic facilities for their vested interests.
Stressing that more than the treatment of encephalitis, proving its spread was important for which cleanliness and drinking water were necessary, the chief minister said his government was working in this regard.
The prime minister, who has represented Gorakhpur in Lok Sabha five times, will also visit encephalitis and flood-affected areas.
Congress has targeted the Aditynath government on deaths after allegations that critically ill children succumbed to oxygen shortages.
