Agra, July 26 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday targeted the Samajwadi Party and its leadership by alleging that the "Saifai syndicate" used to "loot" the resources meant for the state's development in the past.

He also hit out at the SP for its past plan to build a Mughal museum in Agra, asserting that his government will complete the Chhatrapati Shivaji museum by the end of this year. He said public funds would not be used to build a museum named after an invader

He was addressing a public meeting in Agra where he inaugurated and laid the foundation for 53 development projects worth over Rs.342 crore.

"The Saifai syndicate (Saifai is the ancestral village of SP president Akhilesh Yadav) and before them Congress committed ...