Lucknow: Just days after UP Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath said there was no need for special arrangements whenever he was on tour, a government hospital in Allahabad reportedly brought coolers on rent before he visited the facility. The coolers were soon returned after his visit was over.

As per sources, around 20 air coolers were reportedly hired for the Chief Minister's visit to the Swaroop Rani Nehru hospital in Allahabad on Sunday. District magistrate Sanjay Kumar has ordered a probe into the matter.

Chief Medical Superintendent of the hospital Dr Karunakar Dwivedi, however, denied getting coolers on rent and said, “We have about 75 to 80 coolers in the hospital. They are deployed in wards. On Sunday, just one or two coolers were not working and the technician in-charge of making arrangements for the chief minister's visit offered to replace them. It is not true that we rented over 20 coolers.”

A similar incident was reported a few days back when Yogi visited the family of Officer Prem Sagar, who was killed and body mutilated allegedly by Pakistan Army soldiers. The local administration was said to have installed an air conditioner at his house, along with sofas, curtains, carpets and chairs etc. The luxuries, however, were withdrawn as soon as the chief minister left the house.

Soon after the incident came to light, Yogi had told officials that there was no need to make special arrangements for him when he was on tour. “Honoring the people of the state is, in fact, the honor of the chief minister. No special arrangements should be made for me during visits, inspections and other programs. We are people who sit on the floor,” he had said.