Yogi Adityanath says Pakistan's fate is to perish, hails Operation Sindoor

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday invoked a philosophical reflection and said Pakistan's fate is to perish whether at the hands of India or due to the very terrorism it has nurtured and harboured.

Addressing a gathering at an event to mark 25 years of KN Memorial hospital, Adityanath said a seed turning into a tree reflects a flourishing culture, while a seed decaying and perishing without growth signifies a perversion of nature.

"It is rightly said that the transformation of a seed into a tree is culture and its rotting away is a distortion," the chief minister said.

He emphasised that India has always stood as a symbol of a culture that guides humanity and offers hope to the world.

"India represents a civilisation that will continue to shine as a beacon of hope for the world, offering spiritual and moral guidance," he said.

In sharp contrast, the chief minister described Pakistan as a "distortion" whose destiny is to "samaapt ho jaana" (perish).

"Pakistan wah vikriti hai jiski niyati marna hai... jiski niyati sadna hai chahe bharat ke haathon mare, chahe apne dwara paalit-poshit atankwadiyon ki kritiyon se mare. Yah tai hai niyati me jo likha hai hoga," (Pakistan represents that distortion whose fate is to perish and rot — whether die at the hands of India or due to the very terrorism it has nurtured and harboured. It is preordained that destiny will play out as written," Adityanath said.

He said Operation Sindoor has been a symbol of India's self-respect, the dignity of the sindoor (vermillion) of India's mother power and a guarantee of the safety of the future generation.

"You must have seen that no matter what Pakistan and its supporters were doing, India did what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured the countrymen of -- to protect its honour and pride," he said.

"And as the country's Defence Minister (Rajnath Singh), the task of eliminating the enemy with the bravery of our soldiers was done through Operation Sindoor. Today, for the first time after this operation, the defence minister has arrived in Lucknow, so naturally, on his arrival in Lucknow, I welcome and congratulate him on behalf of the state government and the people of Uttar Pradesh," Adityanath said.

Rajnath Singh is a BJP MP from Lucknow.

About the 25-year journey of the hospital, he said in the year 2000, the then chief minister Rajnath Singh laid its foundation stone.

"With its new identity as a hospital and as a medical college in Barabanki, it is moving ahead in the field of health care and contributing to the development of Uttar Pradesh by achieving the goal of the health of the people in the state," he added.