Overview

• Addressing an Aatmanirbhar Bharat–Swadeshi Sankalp workshop, Yogi Adityanath urged people to buy Made-in-India goods, echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call.
• He claimed the Hindu population fell from about 60 crore around 1100 AD to roughly 30 crore by 1947, attributing it to invasions, hunger and disease under foreign rule.
• He argued that some groups operate with a "foreign mentality" that divides society by caste, region and language and predicted they would oppose the Swadeshi campaign.
• He said Swadeshi now spans broad manufacturing, citing domestic production from basic items to aircraft as evidence of Make in India progress.
• The Times of India reported that the Uttar Pradesh government is planning an extensive GST-focused public campaign tied to promoting Swadeshi products, while PTI reported a state ban on caste-based political rallies.