KANPUR (UP), Mar 23: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said there can be no place for those “who hated India and Indianness” and “one who cannot respect the great men and freedom fighters of the country”.
The chief minister’s comments were directed at those who, according to him, have historically attacked India’s faith, culture and honour.
“I say it again that one who cannot respect the great men and freedom fighters of the country, there can be no place for that person and that community,” said Adityanath while speaking at Bithoor Mahotsav here.
“Those who were invaders, those who attacked the faith of India, those who hated India and Indianness, those who tried to harm the honour of the sisters and daughters of India, those who trampled on the eternal culture of India, those who were crushing the faith of India can never be an ideal for India, they can never be an ideal for the citizens of India,” he added.
Adityanath criticized people, who idolize the foreign invaders, urging them to reconsider their stance.
The chief minister highlighted a statement made by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during the country’s Republic Day parade, which he believes is an eye-opener.
“The president of Indonesia says that if our DNA is ever tested, it will turn out to be Indian. Indonesia is the largest Muslim majority country in the world and this statement of his is an eye-opener for those who consider foreign invaders as their ideal in India,” he said.
Adityanath’s remarks were followed by a call for respect towards iconic Indian figures such as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharana Pratap and Guru Gobind Singh.
“I believe that after this statement, those people will also have a feeling of respect for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharana Pratap, Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj and these great warriors of India, the great revolutionaries of great India and will contribute in making India great,” he said.
In the program dedicated to freedom fighter Nanaji Rao Peshwa, loans worth Rs 5.42 crore were distributed to 1,302 entrepreneurs of Kanpur under the Chief Minister’s Youth Entrepreneur Development Campaign, appointment letters were given to 329 newly appointed Anganwadi workers and Rs 6.35 crore assistance was provided to 127 beneficiaries of the Chief Minister’s Krishak Accident Welfare Scheme, according to a press statement.
Paying homage to Nanaji Rao Peshwa on his birth anniversary, the chief minister said Bithoor has been a symbol of India’s spiritual heritage since ancient times.
“Nanaji Peshwa had made this land the center and planned the strategy of 1857. Rani Lakshmibai had learned the tricks of archery, horse riding and warfare from this very land. This land had become the new inspiration for the revolutionaries,” he said.
Adityanath further said today is also the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru — the brave sons of Mother India and the source of inspiration for the youth.
The goal of their life was to free the country from the shackles of slavery, he added.
Shaheed Diwas, observed on March 23, marks the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, who were hanged in 1931.
The chief minister also remembered Dr Ram Manohar Lohia on his birth anniversary. (PTI)
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