LUCKNOW, Aug. 14 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presented his ambitious 'Vision-2047' for Uttar Pradesh in the legislative assembly on Thursday and attacked the Opposition, ridiculing the Samajwadi Party's PDA slogan as "Parivar Development Authority."

Accusing the Opposition of fostering a family-centric political culture, he said they should not even dream of coming to power in 2027. The SP's PDA formula is an acronym for Pichda or backwards, Dalits and Alpsankhyak or minorities.

"Your PDA stands for Parivar Development Authority. Your vision is solely to grab power. How can those who imported Queen Victoria's carriage from Buckingham Palace talk about Swadeshi?" Yogi said, contrasting the governance from 1947-2017 with the work do...