Yogi Adityanath will get 3rd term as CM, Amit Shah tells Akhilesh Yadav during Waqf debate

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath featured prominently in the verbal joust between his rival Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and home minister Amit Shah during the debate over waqf bill.
"Woh bhi repeat honge (he will also be repeated)," retorted Shah when Akhilesh took a swipe at the home minister and asked, "UP me Yogi ka kya hoga (what will happen to Yogi in UP?)"
Akhilesh and other opposition parties were reacting to Shah making an assertion that people of the country had expressed faith in BJP and the leadership of PM Narendra Modi for three terms and that the party would be in office for another three terms.
Shah was pointing out the loopholes that led to acres of land being declared as Waqf property during previous governments when TMC members began shouting. Unhappy with TMC members' protest, Shah said that Parliament was not a political wrestling turf, and he would give reply to the TMC when he comes to West Bengal in view of the Assembly polls.
In the melee, Akhilesh leader who was sitting in Opposition benches teasing Shah said he should say something about Yogi Adityanath. Shah immediately turned to Akhilesh and said: "He would also be repeated," leaving treasury as well as Opposition benches in splits. Recently, during an interview to a news agency, Yogi dismissed reports about differences between him and BJP's central leaders, noting that he is in the chief minister's chair because of the party.
For family-run parties, it is very easy to choose presidents: Shah
Can I remain in the chair by having differences with the party's central leaders," Adityanath asked, adding that he cannot shut the mouth of anyone stoking speculation about such differences. The House had seen banter between Shah and Akhilesh earlier too as they took jibes at each other over the process of selecting presidents of their respective parties.
On Wednesday, it was Akhilesh who started it. While slamming BJP and the Centre over the “discriminatory” amendments in the waqf law, he said the party, which projected itself as the world’s largest, wasn’t able to hold elections for party president.
Shah was quick to counter the SP chief over the dig. “For family-run parties, it is very easy to pick their presidents. But BJP, with its over 12 crore party workers, undertakes an extensive exercise to elect its leader,” he said. He went on to attack dynastic politics and family-controlled parties: a volley which appeared to be aimed at other parties in the opposition. “Let me tell, you will remain party president for the next 25 year,” Shah said to round off the exchange.