'Modi proud of his heritage, unlike Nehru', says Yogi Adityanath

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath speaks during release of the book `Modi @ 20` at the Rudraksh Convention Center in Varanasi. Pic/PTI

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday compared Jawaharlal Nehru with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that unlike him the current PM is "proud" of the country's heritage.

The country has now got a PM who not only feels proud in connecting with his heritage, but is also determined to make India 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat', Adityanath said.

Adityanath was speaking as the chief guest at the launch of a book titled Modi@20, here at the Rudraksh Convention Centre. Comparing Modi to Nehru, the country's first Prime Minister, he said: "There was one Prime Minister who did not feel proud of his heritage, and then there is Narendra Modi who has resolved to make the whole India, 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat', by connecting with his heritage."

He said that India has set an example before the world in how to deal with terrorism, and lauded the prime minister for showing "no hesitation in ending the root of terrorism in Kashmir forever". "This is the capability of PM Modi's leadership," he said. "We have also seen a Prime Minister who was against sending the President of the country for the restoration of the Somnath temple, and today we have a Prime Minister who himself has started the construction work of the grand Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya," Adityanath said. "We are all proud that our Prime Minister is one of the most popular leaders in the world today," he said. The book, he said, was based on 20 years of administrative work of Narendra Modi as recounted by people from different strata of society.

"The Hindi version of this book is being released today in Kashi, for which I heartily congratulate the people of Kashi," he said. The CM also said that India has become the fifth largest economy in the world and has reached this position by overtaking the United Kingdom, which ruled the country for almost two hundred years. According to a government statement issued in Lucknow, Yogi Adityanath earlier in the day also unveiled a statue of late Rajeshwar Prasad Singh at the Post Graduate College in Ghazipur district.

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