PRAYAGRAJ: Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday hit back at Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore, who recently launched her new song "UP Mein Ka Ba? (What is there in UP?" in response to BJP MP Ravi Kishan’s number "UP Mein Sab Ba" (UP has everything).
In an apparent attack, Maurya — BJP candidate from the Sirathu assembly seat in Kaushambi — tweeted: "UP mein ie baa…Kisan ko cheh hajar ba, rashan do-do bar ba, mahilaon ko adhikaar ba, sab gundan ko bukhar ba, dangai ki sampatti per bulldozer se prahar ba."
Though his tweet, the deputy CM listed out the welfare measures of the government, saying farmers in UP get an income support of Rs 6,000 per annum under the PM Kisan Yojana, double ration is distributed to Antyodaya cardholders and eligible families, rights of women are protected, criminals are on backfoot and rioters are being taken to task by razing their assets.
Few days back, Rathore had uploaded a song stating the poor state of affairs in the state on different issues. She had named her song as "UP Mein Ka Ba" after Ravi Kishan’s song was launched by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur on January 15.
Rathore, who also brought out campaign songs during the Bihar assembly elections, appeared to question Yogi for his achievements, handling of the Hathras incident and Covid-19. The song also raised the issue of mowing down of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3, 2021.
Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra Teni, is the main accused in the case.
