<p>Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath dubbed the 'Nehru-Gandhi' family as ''accidental Hindus'' and said that it was under 'compulsion' that they (Gandhis) call themselves Hindus since they were 'forced' to bow to the faith of the people.</p>.<p>Addressing a public meeting at Amethi, a one time bastion of the 'Nehru-Gandhi' family, on Monday, Adityanath said that he had always taken pride in calling himself a Hindu. ''I used to say that I am proud of being a Hindu even when I was not the CM....I say the same thing today also,'' the chief minister added.</p>.<p>He said that those, whose ancestors felt shame in calling themselves Hindus, had no right to say that they were Hindus. ''How can someone, whose party had termed Lord Rama an imaginary person, can claim to be a Hindu?'' he asked.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/lord-krishna-tells-me-daily-in-my-dreams-that-i-ll-establish-ram-rajya-in-up-after-polls-akhilesh-1067721.html" target="_blank">Lord Krishna tells me daily in my dreams that I’ll establish Ram Rajya in UP after polls: Akhilesh </a></strong></p>.<p>''Such people become Hindus only when the elections come,'' he added.</p>.<p>Training guns on former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, a former MP from Amethi, the chief minister said that the Rahul did not know how to worship at temples. ''He (Rahul) sat on his knees at a temple and not cross-legged as is the tradition,'' he added.</p>.<p>Adityanath also sought to rubbish Rahul's assertion on 'Hindutvavaad' saying that the latter did not know anything about Hinduism and had no right to talk about it.</p>.<p>He also targeted Rahul for not taking any interest in developing Amethi. ''Had he taken interest in the development of this region, the people would not have to go to big cities for treatment,'' he said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p>Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath dubbed the 'Nehru-Gandhi' family as ''accidental Hindus'' and said that it was under 'compulsion' that they (Gandhis) call themselves Hindus since they were 'forced' to bow to the faith of the people.</p>.<p>Addressing a public meeting at Amethi, a one time bastion of the 'Nehru-Gandhi' family, on Monday, Adityanath said that he had always taken pride in calling himself a Hindu. ''I used to say that I am proud of being a Hindu even when I was not the CM....I say the same thing today also,'' the chief minister added.</p>.<p>He said that those, whose ancestors felt shame in calling themselves Hindus, had no right to say that they were Hindus. ''How can someone, whose party had termed Lord Rama an imaginary person, can claim to be a Hindu?'' he asked.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/lord-krishna-tells-me-daily-in-my-dreams-that-i-ll-establish-ram-rajya-in-up-after-polls-akhilesh-1067721.html" target="_blank">Lord Krishna tells me daily in my dreams that I’ll establish Ram Rajya in UP after polls: Akhilesh </a></strong></p>.<p>''Such people become Hindus only when the elections come,'' he added.</p>.<p>Training guns on former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, a former MP from Amethi, the chief minister said that the Rahul did not know how to worship at temples. ''He (Rahul) sat on his knees at a temple and not cross-legged as is the tradition,'' he added.</p>.<p>Adityanath also sought to rubbish Rahul's assertion on 'Hindutvavaad' saying that the latter did not know anything about Hinduism and had no right to talk about it.</p>.<p>He also targeted Rahul for not taking any interest in developing Amethi. ''Had he taken interest in the development of this region, the people would not have to go to big cities for treatment,'' he said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>