UP Assembly Election 2022 LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 54th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur on Tuesday. In the convocation address, he urged the graduates to chase challenges over comfort and said that they are stepping into the golden era of India. PM Modi was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel, among others.
The Prime Minister also took the Kanpur metro as he went on to the site of the inauguration of infrastructure projects in the city.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday categorically denied any links between his party and Kanpur-based perfume trader Piyush Jain, and mockingly said the BJP got “its own businessman” raided “by mistake”.
He also said the CDR (call detail record) of the businessman’s phone would reveal the names of several BJP leaders who were in touch with him. “By mistake, the BJP got its own businessman raided. Instead of SP leader Pushpraj Jain, it got Piyush Jain raided,” Yadav told reporters before the start of the “Samajwadi Rath Yatra”
