Lucknow, Oct 5 (UNI) Giving a broadside to those spreading casteism and communalism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that let us give such persons a befitting reply through development.

He said that the progress and prosperity of India achieved during the last six years have proved to be the sore point of those who are out to malign the very social fabric of the society. The recent developments have exposed their evil designs and the quantum of their mis-endeavors, he said, adding that the development is the most potent weapon to thwart away any such threat.