Yogi Adityanath takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, explains why they lost in Uttar Pradesh - Watch video

Yogi Adityanath took over as 21st Chief Minister of the country's largest state on Sunday.

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Delhi: In his last speech in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took a dig at Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav saying that the Samajwadi Party-Congress combine lost in Uttar Pradesh because he came in between the two leaders.

Clad in his typical saffron robes, Adityanath was received warmly by the members who thumped the desks as he entered the House sometime after 4.30 pm when a debate was underway on the Finance Bill.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan extended her greetings as did a number of other members to the MP from Gorakhpur. 

"You are welcome. You are the CM of UP and along with that you are a member of this House," the Speaker said while inviting Yogi to speak.

Apparently referring to the coalition formed by the Samajwadi Party and the Congress to take on the BJP in the just-held Assembly polls, he said during his speech, "I am younger by one year to Rahul jee and one year older to Akhilesh Yadav. And I came between the two. This could be a major reason for their failure," as per PTI.

The BJP trounced the coalition by grabbing 312 seats in the 403-member Assembly and 325 along with the allies.

Watch the video of his speech in the Lok Sabha today (Courtesy - ANI):

IMMEDIATE PLAYOUT of UP CM Yogi Adityanath's speech in Lok Sabha (Courtesy-LSTV) https://t.co/qPw1l2qDLU

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