Opposition Parties Fighting For Second Position In UP: Yogi Adityanath

On his own election in Gorakhpur Urban seat that will go to vote in the fifth phase on February 27, Yogi Adityanath said he was not worried.

With rivals equating the Lakhimpur Kheri incident to the Jallianwala massacre to target the BJP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asserted that the law is taking its own course in the matter and the Opposition's attempt to derive political mileage in the polls will not succeed.

In a free-wheeling interview with PTI on board a helicopter in the course of the campaign, Yogi Adityanath claimed the other parties were only fighting the polls for the second spot and said he was not at all worried about his own election from Gorakhpur Urban seat.

Asked if he has any prime ministerial ambition, the saffron-clad seer who is often dubbed as the poster boy of Hindutva answered: "I am a simple worker of the BJP and perform the task given by the party to me. I have never run after any post or chair."

The BJP's face in the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections, Yogi Adityanath laughed when asked about the Samajwadi Party's claim of being a "nayi (new) SP".