Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday criticized Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of state assembly elections.
Yogi Adityanath was also criticised by the AAP for his "indecent" remarks about Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, which he equated to a "chauraha chhap net" (an uncouth leader).
In an online exchange of barbs over their governments' "mismanagement" of the pandemic, Mr Adityanath and Mr Kejriwal engaged in an attack on Mr Adityanath the day before.
"His (Adityanath's) language against a popular and elected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal -- he said 'Suno Kejriwal' – this kind of indecent language for an elected chief minister reflects that Adityanath ji might have unfortunately become the Chief Minister of UP but he speaks like a 'chauraha chhap neta'," said AAP leader Sanjay Singh.
Adityanath has seen dead bodies along river banks in Prayagraj, Kanpur, Ballia and Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, with birds and animals nibbling on them. He is talking about COVID-19 mismanagement. If there is a live example of mismanagement, it is Adityanath, Sanjay Singh added
To substantiate his claims, he also shared pictures of helpless people during the first and second waves of the pandemic, dead bodies along river banks in Uttar Pradesh.