# Yogi terms SP a ‘curse’ for UP, alleges religious curbs 2026-11-02T16:52:15+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday (2 November 2026) termed the Samajwadi Party a ‘curse’ for the state, alleging it brought chaos, curfews and crime whenever in power. Speaking in Gonda after launching development projects worth over Rs 520 crore, he accused the previous SP government of stopping the Kanwar Yatra and opposing the worship of Maa Durga in homes. He said the BJP stood for respecting faith, while SP and Congress supported crime. Adityanath contrasted the SP’s record with his government’s work, saying Ayodhya’s development and Deepotsav would benefit Gonda. He claimed over Rs 16,000 crore in projects had been approved for Gonda in the past nine-and-a-half years. Union minister Kirti Vardhan Singh thanked the CM and said residents who once lacked roads and electricity now saw unprecedented growth. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Hindustan Times and The Times of India both report the same speech with near-identical detail and no independent fact-check or counterview, making this uniform straight-reporting coverage. Hindustan Times leads with Adityanath calling the SP a ‘shraap’ and includes the full historical allegation about 2 November 1990, while Times of India leads with the Kanwar Yatra charge and the ‘double-engine’ government line. Neither source quotes the SP or a critic, and neither examines the factual basis of the historical claim. The balanced reading is that both outlets function as a platform for the chief minister’s campaign rhetoric on a day he was inaugurating projects, without scrutiny. The next concrete step is the rollout of the projects inaugurated on 2 November 2026. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Leads with CM's 'shraap' remark, no counterview or fact-check - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Leads with Kanwar Yatra allegation, same uncritical platforming This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Gonda, Kanwar Yatra, Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/yogi-terms-sp-a-curse-for-up-alleges-religious-curbs/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/yogi-terms-sp-a-curse-for-up-alleges-religious-curbs/#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/