Akhilesh, NDA ally go lyrical to slam Adityanath govt for renaming cities

SP president Akhilesh Yadav went lyrical Wednesday to slam the Adityanath government for renaming Uttar Pradesh cities, saying the developmental works in the state have come to a halt due to it.

"Band pade hain saare kaam, bikhra pada sab samaan; tarakki ke ruke hain raste, badal rahe hain bus naam," (All works have stopped, materials lie scattered; paths of development stand blocked, only names are being changed)," tweeted Yadav, tagging a few photographs of some stalled works with his tweet.

The former chief minister's lyrical criticism of the Adityanath regime's name-changing spree came on a day when it faced another "poetic" attack from its own minister, Om Prakash Rajbhar, the chief of ruling NDA constituent Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP).

"Diwali me Ali basey, Ram basey Ramzan, Aisa hona chahiye apna Hindustan," (India's ethos should be just like that of Diwali, which has Ali in it and Ramjan, which has Ram)," tweeted Rajbhar Wednesday, seeking to highlight the futility of changing names.

Often dubbed as a "disgruntled" minister, Rajbhar said renaming cities negates India's "Ganga-Jamuni culture."