India, July 28 -- GORAKHPUR Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday alleged that forces opposed to India's rapid rise on the global stage would attempt to weaken the country through social media campaigns, fake accounts and make efforts to create divisions in society.

Addressing a felicitation ceremony for the newly elected executive committee of the Bar Association, Civil Court, Gorakhpur, on Tuesday afternoon, Adityanath said India had undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 12 years by developing infrastructure, preserving its heritage and emerging as a global centre of attraction.

He said India's rise from being counted among the "bottom five" economies to becoming one of the world's top five economies had not gone dow...