Gorakhpur, Nov. 5 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, comparing him to a Diwali rocket that releases all its smoke but fails to take off as he questioned the Congress's repeated attempts to relaunch the Rae Bareli MP. Adityanath was addressing a large gathering at the MP Inter College ground in Gorakhpur, alongside BJP national president Nitin Nabin and state BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary, before the party's 'Save Democracy, End Anarchy' padyatra. "During Diwali, some rockets are lit, but instead of flying into the sky, they simply release smoke and fizzle out. Rahul Gandhi has reached that stage," he said. "Remember how many times Rahul Gandhi has been launched. In 2004, the Congress launched him by making him an MP; in 2007, by appointing him general secretary; in 2013, by making him party vice-president; and in 2017, by making him party president. The outcome was that in 2019, he himself lost the election from Amethi," Adityanath said. He also took a dig at the Congress's political campaigns, claiming that the Bharat Jodo Yatra had fizzled out like a paper rocket and that subsequent campaigns, including the Nyay Yatra and Adhikar Yatra, had failed to revive the party's electoral fortunes. The chief minister also criticised the Congress and the INDIA bloc for opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Questioning the Opposition's objections to the removal of names of alleged Bangladeshi and Pakistani infiltrators and deceased persons from voter lists, he claimed that the inclusion of ineligible voters could deprive poor, Dalit and marginalised citizens of their electoral rights. Adityanath further accused Opposition parties of questioning electronic voting machines (EVMs) and the Election Commission whenever they lost elections, while accepting electoral victories when the results went in their favour. Targeting the Congress and the INDIA bloc, Adityanath said, "To win people's trust, one has to work, not resort to stunts or excuses. Whenever they get an opportunity, they indulge in stunts, and after every defeat, they blame each other." He also hit out at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over his reported remark that the next generation would avenge every lathi blow and injury. The chief minister said democracy was not about revenge but about change brought about by the people through elections. "In a democracy, there is no revenge; people bring change," he said, citing the electoral changes in the country in 2014 and Uttar Pradesh in 2017....