It was around 2001-02
I first heard the name #YogiAdityanath.
It was before the time our workers had their own cellphones & so would occasionally come in the office to make a call.
One particular afternoon I could hear the distraught voice of a young carpenter in the next
I first heard the name #YogiAdityanath.
It was before the time our workers had their own cellphones & so would occasionally come in the office to make a call.
One particular afternoon I could hear the distraught voice of a young carpenter in the next
room & then the phone being repeatedly dialled by an office staff member.
He was trying to get through to a PCO where the carpenter’s parents were waiting.
His mother’s wails & his father’s trembling voice resonated in that office cabin as they broke the news to him that
He was trying to get through to a PCO where the carpenter’s parents were waiting.
His mother’s wails & his father’s trembling voice resonated in that office cabin as they broke the news to him that
his sister had gone missing. To date I remember the fear I felt sitting far away in Delhi.
As he collected his salary & hurriedly left to catch a train home to UP, work came to a stand still in our workshop & we discussed Kamlesh’s situation.
As he collected his salary & hurriedly left to catch a train home to UP, work came to a stand still in our workshop & we discussed Kamlesh’s situation.
Another young worker also from UP told me - Our sisters & our cows are just not safe. They can pick them up any time day or night & we can do nothing!
One is our honour, the other our livelihood. If both can be taken away so easily & fearlessly you can imagine our state.
One is our honour, the other our livelihood. If both can be taken away so easily & fearlessly you can imagine our state.
They all tut-tutted in agreement.
Then turning to an elderly carpenter from Gorakhpur they said - Except in his area. No can do that in Yogijee’s ilaka.
Yogijee told them - You take one girl & we will take 10 of yours!!
Did he? I asked, amazed.
Then turning to an elderly carpenter from Gorakhpur they said - Except in his area. No can do that in Yogijee’s ilaka.
Yogijee told them - You take one girl & we will take 10 of yours!!
Did he? I asked, amazed.
No. But it only needed to be said. That’s all.
Since then not one girl or cow has gone missing in Gorakhpur.
Can you imagine no one had even said it till then?!
Yes, it only needed to be said!
Since then not one girl or cow has gone missing in Gorakhpur.
Can you imagine no one had even said it till then?!
Yes, it only needed to be said!
Needless to say our workshop enjoyed endless rounds of tea, samosas, jalebis, mirth & much jubilation in 2017 after it was announced that Yogi Adityanath was to be CM.
This time too many have returned home to vote.
#UPElection2022
#YogiAdityanath
👇🏼
This time too many have returned home to vote.
#UPElection2022
#YogiAdityanath
👇🏼
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