# Yogi hits back at Akhilesh over ‘infiltrator’ remark on Uttarakhand 2026-11-12T00:17:00+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a sharp counter at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, 11 November, over his comment calling Uttarakhand residents ‘infiltrators’. Speaking at the Uttarakhand Mahotsav 2026 in Lucknow’s Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Upavan, Yogi said Akhilesh’s thinking was ‘narrow and divisive’. Without naming Akhilesh, Yogi said, “If there were no daughter of Uttarakhand (Dimple Yadav), you would be grazing buffaloes somewhere in Saifai.” He recalled that UP’s first CM, Pant, was from Uttarakhand, and named former CMs Bahuguna and Tiwari, CDS Generals Rawat and Chauhan, NSA Doval and freedom fighter Garhwali. Yogi also accused those who ‘hug Pakistani and Bangladeshi infiltrators’ of poisoning minds against Devbhoomi. Akhilesh had triggered the row by saying, ‘Who are the biggest infiltrators in UP? From Uttarakhand…’ Yogi assured the Uttarakhand Mahaparishad that the festival would be held annually at the venue. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Yogi Adityanath, without naming Akhilesh Yadav, said at the Uttarakhand Mahotsav 2026 in Lucknow on Wednesday, 11 November, that those calling Uttarakhand residents infiltrators had a narrow mindset. He said that if there were no daughter of Uttarakhand (his wife Dimple Yadav), Akhilesh would be grazing buffaloes in Saifai. Yogi listed Uttarakhand contributions: UP's first CM Govind Ballabh Pant, former CMs Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna and Narayan Datt Tiwari, CDS Generals Bipin Rawat and Anil Chauhan, NSA Ajit Doval, and freedom fighter Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali. He accused those who 'hug Pakistani and Bangladeshi infiltrators' of poisoning minds against Devbhoomi. Akhilesh had triggered the row by saying, 'Who are the biggest infiltrators in UP? From Uttarakhand…' ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 1 pro-government, 2 neutral - aajtak.in (pro government) Leads with Yogi's counter, omits any context about the origin of the 'infiltrator' remark - bhaskar.com (neutral report) Straight report on Yogi's speech with named examples, no commentary on the remark itself - tv9hindi.com (neutral report) Reports Yogi's full speech including his remarks on Diwali pollution, neutral framing overall This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 12 November 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-11-12T04:05:51+00:00. Tags: Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav, Samajwadi Party, Uttarakhand, Yogi Adityanath Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/yogi-slams-akhilesh-over-infiltrator-remark-on-uttarakhand-residents/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/yogi-slams-akhilesh-over-infiltrator-remark-on-uttarakhand-residents/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/