Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 21 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday, terming him a "traitor" to Lord Ram and Lord Krishna, days after the Samajwadi Party chief came under the BJP's diatribe for his remarks on lighting diyas during the annual Ayodhya Deepotsav event.

He also claimed that had Akhilesh Yadav understood the pain of the Prajapati community, those associated with pottery, he would not have made such a "childish statement".

Yadav earned the BJP's ire after he, on Saturday, raised questions on the Yogi Adityanath government's expenditure on lighting diyas and candles during Ayodhya's annual Deepotsav celebration and suggested that it should learn from the arrangements made worldwide to illuminate cities during Christmas.

The ruling party

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