Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth, who is currently on an election campaign in Karnataka, is rushing back tonight to visit storm-ravaged Agra, a senior official said today, May 4.

The CM will arrive in Agra tonight and visit the calamity-hit areas tomorrow morning, Principal Secretary Information Avanish Awasthi said.

Adityanath was called out yesterday by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for remaining in Karnataka even after his own state was hit by the storm.

“I am sorry your CM is needed here in Karnataka,” Siddaramaiah had tweeted. “I am sure he will return soon & attend to his work there.”

CM Adityanath will review the relief and restoration efforts in Agra district.

The CM will later leave for Kanpur to monitor the relief work there and in the nearby districts, Awasthi added.

A high-intensity storm ravaged parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Wednesday night, leaving 73 people dead and 91 injured in Adityanath’s state alone.

Agra district was the worst hit, accounting for 43 deaths and injurues to 51 others.

Adityanath was initially scheduled to campaign in poll-bound Karnataka till Saturday noon.

Inputs from PTI