Meerut, July 18 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress of opposing religious traditions while indulging in vote-bank politics.

He was addressing a public gathering after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of 90 development projects worth over Rs.868 crore in Ghaziabad's Muradnagar and Modinagar assembly constituencies.

He said political parties which had imposed restrictions on the Kanwar Yatra, Ram Navami processions, Janmashtami celebrations and Durga Puja pandals now speak about faith only for electoral gains.

Referring to the annual Kanwar Yatra, he said, "Those who had no objection to people throwing bombs at traders or manufacturing crude bombs were offended when Sh...