In an interview with India Today, The former DGP claimed that he and a team of police officers raided Atiq's den in 1989–1990 in response to an FIR filed against him while he was serving as the SP City of Allahabad (now Prayagraj).
CM Yogi also taunted Akhilesh Yadav by saying that while power can be inherited, one cannot get wisdom in inheritance. (Virasat mein satta mil sakti hai, buddhi nahi).
Shafiqur Rahman Barq, the MP from SP, recently asserted that India was never and will never be a Hindu nation. He claimed that Islam is the only true religion and that Quran is a heavenly text, that can never be altered.