Yogi Adityanath and Ram Rajya

In a mega event to celebrate the festival of Lights,the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath said that development is the true meaning of Ram Rajya amid shouts of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki jai”.

The real picture or a theatre event?

His government’s mega ‘Deepotsav’ event was extravagant to say the least with total of 1.71 lakh earthen lamps glittered on the bank of river Sarayu while a blue chopper decorated as the mythological ‘Pushpak Viman’ descended on the Ram Katha Park with artistes decked up to resemble Lord Ram, Sita and Laxman. Another chopper rained flowers from the sky.

Mr Adityanath said that he considered it beneath his dignity to answer the allegations of the Opposition which considered all his work as wrong and reiterated that Ayodhya had given much to humanity. “It gave the concept of Ram Rajya, where there is no poverty or grief. Where there is no discrimination. The objective of the programme is to present the real picture to the world,” he said referring to the ‘Deepotsav’ event.