Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today blamed the Congress for the shocking murder of 10 tribal farmers in a shootout over land in Sonbhadra district this week. The Chief Minister claimed the deaths were the result of a “very big political conspiracy” that had exposed the opposition’s “anti-Dalit, anti-tribal face”.
Yogi Adityanath’s criticism also appeared to include Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, whom he accused of shedding “crocodile tears” over the farmers’ deaths. The party leader had been detained by state police on Saturday while trying to meet the families of those killed. The stand-off between the two made headlines and was only resolved after some of the families were allowed to meet her.
