Yogi Adityanath

Won't campaign for BJP in polls: Yogi Adityanath

New Delhi: All is not well within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath has said that he won't campaign for the party in the Purvanchal region.

"After seeing the BJP's new policies and attitude, I have decided not to participate in campaigning. On one side we fight against corruption and on the other we induct corrupt people for political gains. We can't fool the people of this country," Adityanath said.



Adityanath had earlier expressed reservations over the induction of sacked BSP MLA Babu SIngh Kushwaha after he was raided by the CBI over the NRHM scam....more    

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