GORAKHPUR, March 17 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday hit out at his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over her remarks criticising the arrangements during the Mahakumbh.

Adityanath said those who had said the "Mahakumbh of Prayagraj was "Mrityu Kumbh" were unable to control disturbance during Holi".

Addressing the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected office bearers of the Gorakhpur Journalists Press Club in Gorakhpur, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister said that "for the first time, people came to the Mahakumbh from Tamil Nadu. People also came from Kerala."

"The population of Uttar Pradesh is 25 crores, and Holi concluded peacefully. But, in West Bengal, a number of disturbances took place during Holi," he said.

"And,...