Jinnah remark: UP CM Yogi Adityanath launches veiled attack on Akhilesh Yadav’s values & education

LUCKNOW: Unleashing a veiled attack on Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav for equating nationalist icons Sardar Patel, Gandhi and Nehru with Pakistan founder Jinnah, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said those with inadequate education and improper values can’t differentiate between a nationalist and a traitor.
“Yadi shiksha adhoori hai, sanskaar-hin hai, shishtachaar-vihin hai to aap ye umeed nahi kar sakte ki wo vyakti rashtra nayak aur rashtra drohi ke beech antar mehsoos kar paayega (You can’t expect a person with incomplete education, poor values and lacking in etiquette to decipher between a national hero and a traitor),” Adityanath said during the launch of Rs 1,980cr direct-benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for purchase of uniforms, shoes, socks, sweaters and school bag for 1.6 crore children enrolled in state-run and aided schools from classes 1 to 8.
Without naming SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, the chief minister escalated his attack, saying “Aaj agar kabhi kabhi is prakar ki sthithi paida hoti hai uska karan prarambik samay me abhibhawak ke dwara shiksha ke prati wah roochi naa lene ka karan ho sakta hai. (The reason for such an intellectual crisis is a parent’s lack of interest on a child’s education).”
“The deviation begins when a person doesn’t know the difference between nationalists and traitors and weighs both on the same scale. Such attitudes raise questions on their abilities. So, I wish our schools sets the narrative right from morning assemblies,” the chief minister said.
The CM emphasised the need to inculcate etiquette and cleanliness in students. “Teachers and principals should ensure every child comes to school in uniform and never in bare foot. Children should be taught on ways to sit in a classroom and if they don’t imbibe etiquette now, they will never learn,” the CM said during the programme held at his official residence.
Under the direct benefit scheme, parents will be able to buy quality school uniforms, shoes, socks, sweaters and bags with every student receiving Rs 1,100. The move will wipe out corruption in procurement of school uniforms, shoes, socks, sweaters and bags, he said.
The CM said it was a matter of joy that in three years, enrolment in basic schools had risen by 50lakh from 1.3crore in 2017 to 1.8crore in 2020. “Schools now have a different look,” he said.