India, March 30 -- LUCKNOW In a veiled attack on the Samajwadi Party, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that the distribution of nutritious food for children at anganwadi centres was earlier controlled by liquor mafia syndicates.

"Those who are born with a silver spoon cannot understand the pain of the poor. We cannot expect them to truly relate to such suffering. They may deliver speeches, but they neither connect with people's hardships nor design effective schemes. Their focus remains limited to their own families. When it comes to inciting unrest before festivals, they rely on goons. Expecting them to work for the public is a distant dream," the CM said.

The CM alleged that before 2017, the responsibility of supplying nu...