UP Election 2022: Kejriwal's 'shamshaan' swipe at UP CM Yogi over Covid deaths

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday tore into Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, saying he only constructed crematoriums in the state and made "arrangements" to dispatch a large number of people there, apparently referring to the second Covid wave.
Addressing his party’s rally here, the Delhi CM said coronavirus arrangements in UP earned a bad name for the state and now in a cover-up exercise, the state government is splurging public money on advertisements.

In an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the AAP leader said,"In 2017, the BJP's tallest leader had said if 'kabristans' (cemeteries) are made in Uttar Pradesh, then 'samshans (crematoriums) should also come up." "Unfortunately, Yogi Adityanath in the past five years only constructed crematoriums and made arrangements to send a large section of citizens there," Kejriwal said.

He said Uttar Pradesh had earned a bad name throughout the world for making bad arrangements during the second Covid wave.

"If there was any state in the world that had made the worst arrangements to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, it was Uttar Pradesh," he said.

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"In order to cover its misdemeanour, the UP government had given 10-page advertisements in US magazines, splurging the hard earned money of people," he alleged.

The AAP’s national convener said while his rivals are good at "constructing graveyards and crematoriums", he knows "how to get schools and hospitals constructed".

Kejriwal said his government has run a scheme under which people of different faiths are being taken to pilgrimage to places like Dwarka, Haridwar, Rishikesh and Ajmer Sharif.

Recently around 2,000 devotees returned from Ayodhya as part of this scheme, he said.

Kejriwal promised to provide 300 units of electricity free, 10 lakh jobs and Rs 1,000 every month to women above 18 years of age if his party is voted to power in the state.

The AAP’s national convener said while his rivals are good at "constructing graveyards and crematoriums", he knows "how to get schools and hospitals constructed".

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