CM Yogi Shares Humorous Anecdotes About Former SP Education Ministers, Assembly Bursts Into Laughter

Lucknow, UP: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly was filled with laughter during the Budget Session when Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recounted amusing incidents involving education ministers from the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government.

Mistaking History at a Commemoration

CM Yogi narrated an incident from an event organized on the martyrdom day of Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil. A former SP education minister, invited as the chief guest, reportedly asked why Bismillah Khan had been executed, confusing the sitar maestro with the freedom fighter. When someone in the audience tried to correct him, the minister allegedly labeled the person a BJP supporter and dismissed the remark.

“The people call this ‘Andher Nagari, Chaupat Raja’—a kingdom in disarray,” CM Yogi said. “When the audience member explained that it was a program commemorating Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil’s martyrdom, the minister accused him of being a BJP supporter and told him to leave. Where the education minister cannot distinguish between Bismillah Khan and Pandit Bismil, how can the education system function properly?” CM Yogi added, prompting laughter and applause from the assembly.

The Six-Month Absentee Minister

The CM did not stop there. He recounted another instance from his tenure as Gorakhpur MP. At a railway station, a visiting SP education minister was not recognized by officials. When asked, an official said, “Which minister?” It was later revealed that the minister had not visited the secretariat in six months, explaining the lack of recognition.

CM Yogi highlighted these episodes to emphasize the inefficiency and disorganization in the previous administration’s education department, noting that if ministers and officials cannot recognize each other, the system is bound to fail.