AGRA, Aug. 5 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that promoting 'swadeshi' (indigenous goods) is essential to prevent money from being diverted to religious conversion and terrorism. He urged people to adopt and gift swadeshi products during festivals to ensure that domestic resources strengthen the local economy and support artisans and workers.

"If we do not promote swadeshi, our money will go to foreign nations and might be used for activities like religious conversion or terrorism," he claimed while addressing a public event at Numaish Maidan in Aligarh ahead of Rakshabandhan. "One way to avoid such consequences is to encourage swadeshi gifts on the occasion of festivals."

The CM was in Aligarh to inaugurate and lay th...