Yogi Adityanath, the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, made a farewell speech yesterday in parliament, where he has been a member since 1998. While praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi effusively, he slipped in a dig at Rahul Gandhi, who was not in the house.
"I am a year younger than Rahul Gandhi and a year older than Akhilesh Yadav. I came between their jodi (alliance). That is why they failed in UP," the saffron-robed politician quipped in the Lok Sabha.
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, not about to let a jibe at his party vice president pass without a rebuttal, said, "I congratulate you for coming to power, I urge you to uphold the propriety of your chair."
"When I came to this house for the first time, I was 26 and skinny," he shared, drawing laughter and an interjection from Speaker Sumitra Mahajan: "You are not that fat even now..."
"PM Modi has emerged as an icon and set an example in the world," he said, adding that "the PM remained steadfast on his commitment to run a government for the poor, for the farmers, without any discrimination."
On Tuesday morning, Yogi Adityanath met the Prime Minister, BJP Chief Amit Shah and also President Pranab Mukherjee.
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