Lucknow: As the Defence Expo 2020 kicked off Tuesday, a top Uttar Pradesh IAS officer decided that the best way to elaborate on the theme of the mega event — digital transformation of defence — was to play up Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “embrace of technology”.
“The chief minister has left officials behind in embracing technology. He uses his iPad extensively for his official work including taking down notes and giving instructions,” Avnish Awasthi, CEO of the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority said at the curtain-raiser of the event.
And if that wasn’t enough, Awasthi added that Adityanath’s “rays” energise everyone around him.
The civil servant’s glorification of the chief minister drew a sheepish smile from Yogi Adityanath and sparked much laughter among those attending the event.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was also on stage, could not stop himself from smiling at the officer’s efforts to extol the chief minister.
For the record, Adityanath, who spoke after the officer, used an iPad to read out his statement before the media.
PM to inaugurate expo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the 2020 Defence Expo Wednesday afternoon.
Over a 1,000 defence companies, including 172 foreign firms, are participating in the event that is to be held between 5 February and 9 February.
Over 39 foreign defence ministers are expected to attend the exhibition that is being touted as the largest in Asia.
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Please use his real name – Ajay Bhist! He is a fake yogi and a blot, a kalank, in the name of yogi-hood.