Lucknow: The BJP on Monday attacked Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for comparing Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, terming his statement as shameful and demanding an apology.
While Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said Sardar Patel’s “insult” would not be accepted, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya called Yadav “Akhilesh Ali Jinnah”. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and BSP president Mayawati also on Sunday hit out at Yadav for speaking in the same breath about Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinnah, who fought for India’s independence.
UP BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh said that Yadav is standing with traitors and those who break the country. Speaking at an event in Moradabad, Adityanath said, “I was listening to Akhilesh ji’s statement yesterday. He was comparing Jinnah who divided the country with Sardar Patel, who brought the country together. It is a shameful statement. Is.” He said, “The Taliban mentality believes in breaking the society. Sometimes it is in the name of caste… When they do not succeed, they are pointing fingers at ‘Mahapurush’ (great personality) and the whole You are insulting the society.”
The Chief Minister said that this cannot be accepted and everyone should condemn it. “Yadav should regret his statement as insult to Sardar Patel will not be accepted,” he said. ‘ is following. Shrestha Bharat’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Adityanath said the credit for keeping independent India “undivided” goes to Sardar Patel. “I think the people of the country, especially the people of Uttar Pradesh, will never accept this divisive mindset (of Akhilesh Yadav),” he said.
Taking a dig at Yadav, the Deputy Chief Minister said, “If Akhilesh Yadav is called Akhilesh Ali Jinnah, it will not matter. Jinnah’s name has shown disrespect to countless people who have sacrificed their lives for the country. Involving in politics insulted Sardar Patel.” Maurya said, “Despite studying in the same university, one person (Jinnah) divided the country while another (Sardar Patel) united it. Yadav should immediately apologize to the country and the people.”
In a tweet in Hindi, BSP chief Mayawati alleged that Yadav’s remarks and the BJP’s reaction to him were part of a deliberate strategy of both the parties to vitiate the atmosphere on Hindu-Muslim lines ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
Owaisi also criticized Yadav’s remarks saying that Muslims living in India had rejected Jinnah’s two nation theory and the SP leader should talk about the present. The SP president, in his address at an event in Hardoi on Sunday, had praised Patel on his 146th birth anniversary, but there came a time when he was seen equating four leaders, including Pakistan’s founder Jinnah.
Yadav had said, “Sardar Patel, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinnah studied in the same institute and became barristers. They helped (India) get independence and never backed down from any struggle.” He referred to the ban imposed on the RSS by the then Home Minister Patel after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, saying that only he could do so.
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