Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath (born 5 June 1972) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Hindu priest.

Quotes

• When I ask them to rise and protect our Hindu culture, they obey. If I ask for blood, they will give me blood.
  • On his followers, "When I Ask Them To Rise And Protect Our Hindu Culture, They Obey Me", Tehelka (14 February 2009).

• Sun has never deprived anyone of its light and energy irrespective of their caste and religion. Despite this, if it is being linked to communalism then I request such people to stay in their rooms during the day without sunlight.
  • On religious groups claiming that Surya Namaskar would cause communal disharmony, as quoted in "People opposed to 'Surya Namaskar' should lock themselves in 'dark room': Yogi Adityanath", Zee News (9 June 2015).

• I believe that the word secular is the biggest lie since Independence. Those that have given birth to this lie and those that use it should apologise to the people and this country. No system can be secular. Political system can be sect-neutral. If someone were to say that government has to be run by one way of prayer, that is not possible. In UP, I have to look at 22 crore people and I am answerable for their security and their feelings. But I am not sitting here to ruin one community either. You can be sect-neutral but not secular.
  • Yogi Adityanath, quoted in The Indian Express, Secular word is the biggest lie, says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, 14 November 2017.

• Distorting history is no less a crime than sedition.
  • Yogi Adityanath, quoted in The Indian Express, Secular word is the biggest lie, says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, 14 November 2017.

• Congress is known for stifling democracy. It did so in 1975 while imposing an Emergency on the country. And you may have witnessed today, for its own agenda, Congress has arrested one of the biggest journalists of India and assaulted the fourth pillar of democracy.
  • About the arrest of Arnab Goswami, who was arrested and put into jail in November 2020
  • Yogi Adityanath. Nov 2020. Yogi Adityanath condemns Arnab Goswami’s arrest, calls it an assault on freedom of expression by Congress and its allies

• Sanatana Dharma is the only religion, the rest are all sects and methods of worship. Sanatan is the religion of humanity and if it is attacked then there will be a crisis for humanity across the globe.
  • On religions and sects, as quoted in "Sanatana Dharma only religion, rest all sects: Yogi Adityanath". India Today. 3 OCtober 2023. 

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