Prayagraj: Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and said that the two were like chameleons who changed colours according to the weather.
Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for the Salori railway overbridge (ROB), Maurya said, “Rahul Gandhi never visited any temple during the 10-year rule of the UPA government, but now he is going to temples in a desperate bid to return to power. Similarly, Akhilesh Yadav had also gone to Kamatanath in Chitrakoot recently.”
“BJP has never stopped these leaders from going to temples. It is a good thing to have faith in God. We want leaders of other parties to visit the Ram temple in Ayodhya also and make donations,” he added.
Taking a dig at Akhilesh Yadav, he said, “To question the Covid-19 vaccine is an insult to scientists and doctors of the country. The country will not tolerate this. Akhilesh Yadav will get the vaccine in 2022 (in UP assembly polls) at the hands of voters.” In a programme organised after the bhoomi pujan at Mazaar Crossing, he said that the construction of the ROB would be completed soon and it would be inaugurated in December this year. “The Buxi Band ROB will be inaugurated in January 2022.”
He also announced the construction of a bridge over river Ganga to connect Heta Patti. He said that it is under the BJP government only that the inauguration date of a project is fixed on the day the foundation stone is laid. Except BJP, no other political party has ever paid attention towards the development of Prayagraj. People of Prayagraj received the gift of a new bridge over river Yamuna because of BJP senior leader Murali Manohar Joshi when he was the MP. The departments and officers are the same, but their style of working has changed with the change of government.”