At the inauguration and foundation-laying ceremony for development projects, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused the Congress and the Samajwadi Party of opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), alleging that they wanted Muslims to have the “first right” over the country’s resources even after the Partition. He defended the CAA, stating that persecuted Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs displaced from present-day Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan should receive Indian citizenship. Referring to the Partition, he blamed the Congress for the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh and claimed that thousands of Hindus had been massacred and forced to abandon their ancestral lands.