LUCKNOW, June 30 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday blamed Congress's "greed for power" for the Partition, claiming that had the party leadership taken a firm stand, Jinnah would have died, and the country's division could have been avoided. He also said that the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) "ought to die of shame" for ignoring the plight of displaced Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist families. Adityanath made these remarks at a gathering after distributing citizenship certificates to more than 2,500 families displaced from erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and launching development projects worth Rs 569 crore in Pilibhit district. "Among those families getting citizenship and land documents today, a majority are from Dalit and most backward caste communities. Why did you not raise your voice for them? You ruled for long but never thought about giving these poor people their identity," he said. "It was due to the sin of the Congress that Bangladesh came into existence. It was due to greed for power that Pakistan came into existence. Had the Congress stood firm, Jinnah would have died his own death. The Partition of India would not have happened," the chief minister said. He said lakhs of Hindus were massacred and forced to leave their ancestral land during the Partition. "They hoped that independent India would give them shelter and citizenship and allow them to live with dignity. But the Congress never cared for them. The Samajwadi Party, too, had no time for them because they were busy with appeasement politics, instead of thinking about the poor, Dalits, backward classes and the deprived," he said. "Today is a special day because Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain families who came to India nearly 56 years ago after facing persecution in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) are now receiving rehabilitation and the right to Indian citizenship in Pilibhit in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. No force can now drive them out from here. No one will be able to call them outsiders anymore," he said. He credited the double engine government with the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The chief minister further stated, "Congress and the Samajwadi Party opposed the CAA across the country and organised protests against it. Today, around 2,500 families, nearly 15,000 people, are benefiting from this very CAA." "Around 55,000 such displaced families are living across the state. The first phase of the process has been completed in Barabanki, Bahraich, Bijnor and now Pilibhit. A large number of such families in Rampur will also be granted citizenship and land rights." "The sensitivity we are showing the SP could have also shown but for Babua it wasn't possible." "He wakes up at 12 noon, gets ready by 2pm and heads to the gym by 5pm. How could he have the time or inclination to listen to the suffering of the poor?" he said. "Those who remain confined only to their own families cannot work for the welfare of society and the nation. That is why the people punctured the Samajwadi Party's cycle," he said. "BrahMos missiles are now being manufactured in Uttar Pradesh through the development of the Defence Manufacturing Corridor in line with Modi ji's vision. During previous governments, country-made pistols and bombs were manufactured. Today, Uttar Pradesh is manufacturing missiles that strengthen the country's security. Such is the power of the BrahMos missile that even Pakistan gets frightened and cries out, 'Baap, Baap'," he added....