‘Two namoone’ who flee when serious matter comes up, says Yogi Adityanath; Akhilesh Yadav hits back

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday launched a sharp political attack on opposition leaders, taking an indirect swipe at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav by remarking that there were “two namoone”, meaning “specimens” who chose to leave the country whenever critical national issues arose.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The chief minister made the comments while responding to allegations raised by the Samajwadi Party over an alleged illegal trade in codeine-based cough syrup, during the second day of the winter session of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, as per a report by news agency PTI. Dismissing the opposition’s charges, Adityanath suggested that the controversy was driven by political motives rather than facts.

He alleged that the issue pointed towards possible involvement of individuals linked to the Samajwadi Party, claiming that financial transactions related to the case had passed through the account of an office-bearer of the party’s Lohia Vahini. The matter was under investigation by the Special Task Force, he added.