LUCKNOW, July 20 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said India's future depends on the security of Sanatan, asserting that "if Sanatan is secure, all are secure," as he accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress of practising a form of secularism that prioritised constructing boundary walls around graveyards over temples.

He made the remarks in Barabanki after inaugurating and laying foundation stones for 82 development projects worth over Rs.542 crore.

Addressing the gathering, Adityanath said a secure India could only be built on the strong foundation of Sanatan. He claimed that constructing boundary walls around graveyards had become the "standard of secularism" under previous regimes and said such an approach must be rem...