New Delhi: War of words between Yogi Adityanath government and Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took an ugly turn on Tuesday after the latter called Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister a "chauraha chhap neta" (roadside politician).
AAP's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh slammed Adityanath for his indecent remarks against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, equating his expressions with those of a chauraha chhap neta, news agency PTI reported.
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Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections both BJP and AAP engaged in a Twitter fight trading barbs over the mismanagement by their governments during the Covid times.
While dubbing Adityanath's remarks as those of a chauraha chhap neta, Singh, also the in-charge of his party's affairs in UP, asserted that his own remarks were befitting a Chief Minister who utters words like "garmi nikaal denge" and "thok denge".
"His (Adityanath's) language against a popular and elected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal - he said 'Suno Kejriwal' - this kind of indecent language for an elected chief minister reflects that Adityanath ji might have unfortunately become the CM of UP but he speaks like a 'chauraha chhap neta," news agency PTI quoted Singh as saying.
Are you a dictator or Hitler of India? You will get the response in the language you utter against others. Learn to speak decently and with civility, he said, accusing Adityanath of using objectionable words.
Furthermore, Singh also said that Adityanath is talking about Covid-19 mismanagement but I am saying if there is any live example of the mismanagement, it is UP CM.
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"We have seen decomposed dead bodies along river banks in Prayagraj, Kanpur, Ballia and Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh with birds and animals nibbling on them. People have not forgotten those images," Singh told reporters in Noida.
The Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi also alleged large-scale black-marketing of essential items during the pandemic outbreak as hit out at CM Adityanath for the mismanagement.