Lucknow, Feb. 13 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday criticised the Samajwadi Party and other opposition parties, stating that their behaviour "made daughters nervous, and businessmen wound up their businesses".

He topped the critique with a famous poet Mirza Ghalib quote, "Dhool chehre pe thi aur main aaina saaf karta raha (Dust was on my face, yet I kept cleaning the mirror)," suggesting the opposition is blaming others for their own deep-seated failures.

Addressing the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, the CM stated that the previous administration under the Samajwadi Party and other parties left the state feeling ashamed, asserting that his government has lifted nearly 60 million (6 crore) people out of poverty over the ...