VARANASI, Oct. 15 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday accused the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) of neglecting development at religious places and prioritising their own families over public welfare. Addressing a meeting at Kali Khoh Mod in Mirzapur in support of BJP candidates for the legislative council elections from the teachers' and graduates' constituencies, he said the two parties had failed to develop the region and had instead patronised the mafia.

Adityanath said the Congress remained confined to the Nehru family and the SP to the Saifai family, adding that people had rejected both parties for their approach to governance.

Targeting the SP over its Rajya Sabha candidates, Adityanath questioned the party's comm...