General V K Singh, a Union minister and former Army chief, lambasted protesters against the government's Agnipath plan on Sunday, urging individuals who oppose the new policy not to join the armed forces.
On Saturday and Sunday, many parts of Uttar Pradesh received adequate to moderate rainfall.
He claimed that the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government had converted Azamgarh into a "aatankwaad ka garh," which the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had failed to reverse. However, Adityanath said that the BJP's double-engine government linked Azamgarh to growth.