LUCKNOW, Aug. 9 -- Making a strong Swadeshi pitch, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday linked economic self-reliance to nation-building and cautioned that purchasing foreign goods leads to our wealth being drained abroad, which in turn can fuel terrorism and extremism.

"Purchasing Indian goods keeps money for the country while payment made for foreign goods later results in terrorism against the country," Adityanath said, addressing the Kakori Train Action Centenary event.

"On August 9, 1925, the Indian freedom fighters had stopped the British from taking the treasure out of India with the Train Action. It was Rs.4600 that the Indians snatched and the British spent over Rs.10 lakh to get these freedom fighters captured and hanged w...