Let the sanity prevail!

At times, it has been observed particularly in one of the most populous countries of the world that political leaders lose their sanity in order to affect mass mobilisation. Such political leaders take the course of less thought statements and try to make an attempt to outsmart all their political rivals. This turns out to be quite common if it's an election time as it is considered a ripe time. 
Something similar to this was noticed in Uttar Pradesh on 10th February when incumbent chief minister warned his citizenry to not to fall prey to the people of Kerala, West Bengal or Kashmir. He went on further to add that the people of Uttar Pradesh should be aware and not let Uttar Pradesh become Kerela, West Bengal or Kashmir. This unsubstantial statement of his was met with harsh pulling up across all political parties. 
The next day parliament session saw a stormy house when MPs from southern states moved a suspension of business notice over Yogi Adityanath's statement. However their demand was not entertained following which they staged a walkout out of the house. 
A little while ago Adityanath was once more in limelight when he had termed the ongoing assembly election in Uttar Pradesh as a fight between 80 versus 20 percent. The message which he was trying to give was very transparent, though in order to ensure damage control, senior BJP functionaries accused opposition of twisting the statement. 
Back in 2021, BJP had a poor run in West Bengal where it predicted to win beyond 200 seats as party was imbued with confidence because of the fine performance it carried out back in 2019 general election when it had won 18 out of 42 seats with a vote percentage slightly above 40. As a result of Yogi Adityanath's statement, BJP leaders in West Bengal have found themselves landed in trouble. When assembly election was being conducted in Kerala, he was given the task to campaign for several candidates. There too, he was found hurling baseless remarks and trying to steal the show.
The scene was no different in Kerala as well where BJP was bundled out without opening its account. Infact it could not save its lone seat which it had won back in 2016 assembly election. 
As of now, Uttar Pradesh has completed its three phases of voting of total seven phases. In the run up to the last four phases of the election, all eyes would set on the eastern part of the state as it houses the maximum number legislatures. If any scathing speech is given out here, it should not surprise us. Yogi Adityanath is known for his explosive oratory. 
Ideally during election time, incumbent party and all its members try to demonstate various achievements party has achieved in the last ruling. Contrary to that, in Indian political system parties resort to the divisive ideas of communalism and casteism. Even distribution of tickets is based on power and money. Statiscally Kerala has always been doing greatly in all the indices launched by Niti Aayog. The parameters which are used to judge various states see Kerala topping the list. 
Most importantly, Kerala enjoys the highest literacy rate across the country. Comparing Uttar Pradesh with Kerala is an insane task. Thankfully, in one factor Uttar Pradesh outnumbers Kerala and that is in the number of alphabets it has in its name.

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