Days after Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on Yogi Adityanath over the ‘Batenge to Katenge’ slogan, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister countered the Congress chief saying, he purposely kept mum on the “death of his mother and sister in an attack by Razakars.

Lucknow/Amravati: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday claimed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge purposely keeps mum on the tragic death of his mother and sister in an attack by

Yogi Adityanath recounted Mallikarjun Kharge's childhood tragedy during the political unrest in Hyderabad before its integration into India. The Chief Minister said Nizam's Razakars burned down Kharge's village in 1948.

BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday reacted to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's recent attack against him, saying the latter should be angry at the Hyderabad Nizam whose "Razakars burnt your village".

This comes after Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday indirectly referred to Yogi Adityanath, saying that some people who "pose as sadhus" have entered politics.

Addressing rallies in Nagpur and Amravati, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged voters to give a decisive mandate to BJP, emphasizing the importance of Nagpur for the party and the Sangh.

I prioritise the nation above all else but for Kharge Congress’s appeasement politics takes precedence, says UP chief minister

During a rally in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath accused Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge of concealing the deaths of his mother and sister in an attack by Razakars. Adityanath alleged that Kharge fears losing Muslim votes if he speaks out against the atrocities committed by the Nizam's forces during the struggle for Hyderabad's accession to India.