Yogi Adityanath Hits Back At Mamata Banerjee Over "Mrityu-Kumbh" Remark | Read

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday hit back at his Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, over her comments about the death of 30 people in the Maha Kumbh stampede.

Ms Banerjee had slammed the incident, calling the Maha Kumbh a 'Mrityu' ('death') Kumbh.

Speaking in the UP Assembly a furious Chief Minister slammed Ms Banerjee, declaring that over 56 crore people had taken a 'holy dip' in the 'sangam' since the Kumbh began and accusing her of making "baseless allegations... that are like playing with the faith of these 56 crore people".