Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was in the city on Tuesday, and addressed thousands of party workers at a rally in Ghatlodia area. He said that if former prime minister Indira Gandhi had remained committed to eradicating poverty, the current government at the Centre wouldn't have had to work for this same task. He also accused the Congress party of giving fake slogans and making false promises to the people of India. Adityanath also slammed the Congress' NYAY scheme of a minimum income guarantee. "Your 'abba jaan' Rajiv Gandhi used to say when he was PM, that Rs 100 sent from the Centre became Rs 10 by the time it reached the poor people, so Rs 90 was embezzled by Congress' middlemen," he said. What Congress couldn't do in 55 years of rule, PM Modi has done in five years, and would continue doing so in his next term as well, he said. "Congress always made fake promises and hollow slogans to people, but never fulfilled them. They do not have any sensitivity or pain for the poor in India. All their sympathy is for one family. They do not want to eradicate poverty of Indian people but worked to increase wealth of the Nehru family," he added. The UP chief minister also said that PM Narendra Modi thought and acted sensitively for the poor people in India, as he provided electricity, gas cylinders, health insurance cover, direct benefit of transfers of government schemes, and other amenities to the poor people of India, right in their homes. Adityanath also used the Hindutva issue to slam Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, saying they started visiting temples only when elections are around the corner. He also alleged that the entire Congress party was against Lord Ram's existence. Elaborating more on the achievements of the Modi government, he said that hooliganism, terrorism, internal insurgence, poverty, inflation and chaos have all come under control since 2014. They Said It

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