Lucknow, Oct. 17 -- Launching a blistering attack on the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday dubbed the party a "Saifai Syndicate," saying that prior to 2017, "turmoil, conflict, and riots had become our fate."

Contrasting the state's past law-and-order track record with the present, the Chief Minister asserted that while previous regimes pushed Uttar Pradesh into chaos and an identity crisis, the state is now witnessing grand, peaceful celebrations of Sharadiya Navratri and Ramlilas without "even the slightest sign of trouble."

Drawing a contrast between the law and order situation prior to 2017 and under the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) administration, CM Yogi stated that festivals across ...