Gorakhpur (UP), Jul 28 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday alleged that forces opposed to India’s rapid rise on the global stage would attempt to weaken the country through social media campaigns, fake accounts and make efforts to create divisions in society.
Addressing a felicitation ceremony for the newly elected executive committee of the Bar Association, Civil Court, Gorakhpur, Adityanath said India had undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 12 years by developing infrastructure, preserving its heritage and emerging as a global centre of attraction.
He said India’s rise from being counted among the “bottom five” economies to becoming one of the world’s top five economies had not gone down well with certain countries.
“Some countries believe that India will soon be among the top three economies alongside the United States and China. To stop India’s rise, many conspiracies will be hatched,” he said.
The CM alleged that such attempts would be made through fake accounts on social media by instigating caste groups against one another, creating social discord, and encouraging divisions on region, language and caste.
“These efforts are ultimately aimed at weakening India. There will also be attempts to weaken every institution. Questions will be raised over the judiciary, the executive and the legislature,” he said.
Adityanath said the legal fraternity had a significant role to play in such circumstances, describing lawyers as aware representatives of society.
“It is the responsibility of the advocates’ community to move forward with the resolve that whatever they do should be in the interest of the nation and society,” he said.
The CM also said that for 70 years after the Independence, India looked towards countries that had once ruled it but asserted that the situation had now changed.
“For the first time, India is deciding its own policies and shaping its own future. No country in the world will dictate to India. India itself will determine its course,” he said. PTI KIS KSI KSI
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