NEW DELHI: Hitting back at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for targeting Rahul Gandhi over his visit to Gorakhpur, the Congress on Saturdy said the eastern Uttar Pradesh town is not a 'picnic spot', but 'a spot of virtual murder'. "He has insulted the sacred memory of those helpless and poor children who died, by reducing the debate to such cheap politicking as a picnic spot. They will come here to make it a picnic spot, we cannot permit it," Adityanath said, referring to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Gandhi. "Gorakhpur was not a picnic spot, instead it has been turned into a murderous spot by utter negligence, lack of accountability and total callousness", Singhvi alleged. (PTI photo)Meanwhile, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited Gorakhpur to meet the families of the children who died and termed the deaths as "government made tragedy".

Source: Times of India August 19, 2017 16:01 UTC