Afzal Ansari a Member of Parliament for the Samajwadi Party has spoken out against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Ansari is worried about how money is being spent on the Maha Kumbh a big religious event. He thinks the costs are too high and that contractors might be profiting from it unfairly. Basically Ansari disagrees with how the Chief Minister is handling state money for religious purposes.
Ansari also pointed out that India should be led by the Constitution not by personal ideas or religious beliefs. This suggests he feels the Chief Minister is letting religion influence decisions more than he should. He seems to think the government is focusing too much on religious events instead of other important things. It’s not about a single instance but a general unease about the state’s approach.
Ansari’s comments come from his worries about how money is spent on the Maha Kumbh and a feeling that the state government is putting religious interests ahead of what is outlined in the constitution. This has led him to publicly criticize the Chief Minister and question how transparent the budgets are. He believes this focus has created an unfairness in the state’s spending.