Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav’s remark in which he spoke of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the same breath, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made a big difference by linking it to “Taliban mentality”. . has raised controversy. . On the other hand, BSP chief Mayawati alleged that Yadav’s remarks and BJPThe quick reaction of the Samajwadi Party and the BJP was “part of a well thought out strategy” to vitiate the atmosphere on communal lines ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
Speaking in Hardoi on Sunday on the 146th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, the SP chief said: “…Sardar Patelji, Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinnah became barristers after studying in the same institution… They brought us freedom. They did not back down from any kind of struggle.”
Referring to the ban imposed on the RSS by the then Home Minister Patel after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, Akhilesh said that only he could do it. “There was an ideology which Sardar Patel ji opposed. Today the same people who claim to unite the country are dividing you and me on the basis of caste and religion. What will happen to our country if we are divided? One feature which is unique to our country is unity in diversity,” he had said.
Adityanath on Monday termed Akhilesh Yadav’s remarks as shameful and an attempt to glorify Jinnah and said he should apologize to the country for saying so.
Speaking at an event in Moradabad, Adityanath said: “Yesterday, I was listening to the statement of Samajwadi Party president (Akhilesh Yadav). He was comparing Jinnah, who divided the country, to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who united the country. That statement is extremely shameful… His (Akhilesh’s) divisive mindset has come to the fore once again… I believe that people of India and Uttar Pradesh will never accept this divisive mindset. Taliban mentality always believes in breaking the country.
Adityanath said that when “divisive forces” fail in their plan to disturb the social fabric, they try to insult the entire society by “stigmatizing great personalities”. “Such bad tendencies cannot be accepted. The entire society and the entire country should condemn it. For this the Samajwadi Party President should apologize to the people. He said that the country “will not accept this kind of insult to Sardar Patel”. “.
He said that those who draw the line of division cannot do welfare.
Later speaking to an event of Nath community in Faridabad, Haryana, Adityanath referred to firing on karsevaks in Ayodhya in 1990 when Samajwadi Party was in power in Uttar Pradesh. “Yeh wahi log hain. Jaane anjaane mein unke munh se nikal jata hai. Yahi Jinnahwadi hain jo Rambhakton par goli chalate they. Aur jab bhi yeh Jinnahwadi aayenge, Rambhakton par issi praakar se goli chalayenge. Lekin ab Rambhakton par goli nahi chalegi. Ab aatankwadion par goli chalegi, deshdrohion par goli chalegi, Bharat-virodhi aur Bharat ke nirdosh naagrikon par hamla karne walon par goli chalegi. Bharat ke nagrikon par nahin, Bharat ke shradhaluon par nahin, Rambhakton par nahi, Krishna bhakton par nahi. Aur yahi to aaj ka naya sandesh hai (They are the same people, and consciously or unconsciously it comes out from their mouth. These Jinnah followers had opened fire on Rambhakts and whenever they will be in power, they will fire on Rambhakts again. But now there will be no firing on Rambhakts. Bullets will be fired on terrorists, anti-nationals and those who attack innocent citizens. Now, the devotees of our country, Ram and Krishna will not face bullets, and this is the new message), Adityanath said.
“Don’t listen to these Jinnahwadis. Anyone who tries to break the country or harm the interests of the country cannot be your well-wisher.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his leadership, Adityanath said the country was moving ahead on the path of progress. He said, ‘If people had not chosen Modi-ji as PM in 2014, what do you think would have happened? There would have been chaos. We would have been threatened by Pakistan, China or Naxalites. Terrorists used to incite riots in Kashmir. After becoming PM, Modi ji solved the problem of every citizen. He abrogated Article 370 which was the root cause of terrorism in Kashmir. Not only this, he resolved the Ayodhya dispute that has been going on for more than 500 years,” Aditya Nath said at a meeting at Payala village in Faridabad, where he unveiled a statue of Mahant Somnath.
Meanwhile, BSP chief Mayawati alleged collusion between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP. In a tweet in Hindi, Mayawati alleged that the SP president’s remarks on Jinnah and the BJP’s quick reaction to him were part of a well-planned strategy of both the parties to vitiate the atmosphere on Hindu-Muslim lines before Uttar Pradesh. Assembly elections.
“The politics of SP and BJP have been complementary to each other. Since the thinking of these two parties is casteist and communal, their existence has been based on each other. So, when SP is in power, BJP becomes strong, whereas BJP becomes weak when BSP comes to power.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi also criticized Akhilesh Yadav’s remarks saying that Muslims living in India had rejected Jinnah’s two nation theory and the SP leader should instead talk about the present.
—With ENS, Gurgaon
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