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UP govt formed anti-Romeo squad for people like Azam: Adityanath

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Last Updated : Apr 19 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

Resuming campaigning after 72-hour poll panel ban, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday attacked Azam Khan over the latter's "underwear" jibe, saying his government constituted
In his earlier rally at Sambhal, the chief minister without taking the name of Khan said, "A 'jeev' (human being) of SP lives in Rampur... What kind of language he used for Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar... Today Mayawati ji is seeking votes for those who had disrespected Baba saheb... What kind of language he uses against mothers and daughters?"
Addressing an election meeting at Kaila Devi area here, he said, "The BJP has got maximum votes in the first two phases of polling on 16 seats and the Congress and the SP-BSP have been reduced to zero seats."

Taking on the Samajwadi Party candidate from Sambhal Shafiq-ur-Rehman Burq, the priest-turned-politician said, "What can be said about SP... It fielded a candidate in Sambhal who claims himself to be the descendant of Babar, hesitates in garlanding the statue of Baba Saheb and does not recite Vande Matram."

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First Published: Apr 19 2019 | 8:40 PM IST

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