Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tore into the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday by trashing their charges against him on issues of crime and women empowerment.
Without naming his political rivals, the chief minister recalled how in the past the Samajwadi Party lawmakers "used to throw paper balls" at the podium during the governor's customary address to the House, thereby denigrating the exalted constitutional post.
"Those (parties) who have been insulting the Constitution are today trying to preach us the Constitution. Better they keep off or they will be badly exposed," he warned.
He made the hard-hitting remarks while wrapping up the discussion on the governor's address to the joint sitting of the UP Legislature on the opening day of the budget session last Thursday.
In an apparent reference to former chief minister and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Adityanath recalled his "ladke, ladke hain" remarks and ridiculed his party for speaking about women empowerment.
While opposing capital punishment for rape, Mulayam had sparked an outrage by saying "ladke, ladke hain...galti ho jati hai (boys will be boys...they commit mistakes)."