“Recall when the Congress-led government was in power; then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had talked about who had rights to the country's resources. He had, taking the name of a religion, planted the seed of appeasement politics in the country. The result of Congress' appeasement policy is terrorism.”

Indian Hindu monk and politician, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017

Yogi Adityanath is an Indian Hindu monk and politician. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has served as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017. He is the state’s longest-serving chief minister and the first to hold the office for two consecutive terms. His public life is closely identified with politics in Uttar Pradesh and with his role as a Hindu religious figure.