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UP Election 2022: 'Rahul-Priyanka Enough To Drown Congress', Says CM Yogi In ANI Interview

In an interview to news agency ANI on Monday, Adityanath said that the "brother and sister duo is enough to drown the Congress and no one else is needed".

New Delhi: Amid second phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath again hit out at Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. 

In an interview to news agency ANI on Monday, Adityanath said that the "brother and sister duo is enough to drown the Congress and no one else is needed".

"I went to Uttarakhand and had delivered a speech. Uttarakhand is a border state and it also borders UP. Uttarakhand is important in its own right. Ganga and Yamuna's water comes from Uttarakhand to enrich our fields and Army personnel stand at the border to protect the country. UP and Uttarakhand are joined together. Where are the differences between the two? But security is important. To drown Congress, no one else is needed. Brother and sister duo are there. Why do you want to make Congress a burden there; I only appealed to people," Adiyanath said.

During the interview he spoke on several other issues including the Karnataka Hijab Row and made his stance clear by saying that a proper dress code should be followed in schools. He also added that he never asked his party workers or the people of the state to wear saffron, which is their personal choice.

Elections in Uttar Pradesh are being held in seven phases. The first phase of polling for 58 assembly constituencies in Jat-dominated west Uttar Pradesh was held on February 10.  Counting of votes will be held on March 10. The Bharatiya Janata Party, in the 2017 assembly elections had formed government in the state with a thumping majority .

Meanwhile, the single-phase Uttarakhand election to elect members for the 70 assembly constituencies is underway in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress are in a stiff fight here, while the Aam Aadmi Party is looking to gain some foot hold in the state elections.

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