UP Elections 2022 | Monastery or Bungalow? rare clash between Mayawati and Yogi Adityanath ensues

Amid the campaign heat in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, a rare verbal duel between incumbent and former chief minister ministers has got the attention of election-watchers.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and BSP chief Mayawati locked horns on Twitter, with the bitter exchange bordering on personal attacks.

Mayawati, in her bid to reach out to the voters in Western Uttar Pradesh, wrote on twitter that probably the public does not know that the monastery built by Yogi in Gorakhpur, where he resides most of the time, is no less than a big bungalow. 

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She went on to say it would have been better if the CM, in his political campaigning, had mentioned the contribution of the BSP-led government in providing housing for the poor and landless.

Her attack earned a sharp rebuke from the BJP leader, with messages targeting Mayawati posted on the chief minister's official twitter handle. The monk-politician reminded Mayawati of the time when she is said to have used a government-sanctioned aircraft to order expensive shoes.