‘Glorifying invaders is treason’: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Bahraich: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that supporting or “glorifying invaders” who attacked India’s cultural heritage and people would be considered an act of “treason.”

His statement comes in the wake of the ongoing controversy over the removal of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and the decision to abolish the Neja Mela, which was traditionally held in honour of Masud Ghazi, the nephew of invader Mahmud Ghaznavi. Addressing the public at an event in Bahraich, CM Yogi asserted that every Indian citizen should respect the great personalities of the nation and should not glorify invaders.

“Every citizen of India should have a deep sense of respect for the great men of our nation, and under no circumstances should any invader be glorified.” “Glorifying an invader means strengthening the roots of treason. An independent India can never accept any traitor who insults our great men while praising those who tried to crush India’s Sanatan culture, dishonoured our daughters, and attacked our faith. This new India will never tolerate this,” he said.

The Chief Minister also praised Maharaja Suhel Dev, the king of Shravasti, who is renowned for defeating and killing the Ghaznavid general Ghazi Miyan at Bahraich in 1034. (IANS)

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