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Samajwadi Party chief yesterday compared Jinnah to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, this is shameful: Yogi

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Lucknow : Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has landed into a controversy with his comments counting Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, among freedom icons of India. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday lashed out at Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav for speaking against India’s first deputy prime minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the same breath.

Referring to the remarks made by Akhilesh Yadav, CM Yogi said that it was shameful of him to compare Jinnah with Sardar Patel. He further said it is this “Talibani mentality” that divides the people.

“The Samajwadi Party chief yesterday compared Jinnah to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This is shameful. It’s a Talibani mentality that believes in dividing. Sardar Patel united the country. Presently, under the leadership of the Prime Minister [Narendra Modi], work is underway to achieve ‘Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat’,” news agency ANI quoted Adityanath as saying.

Yadav made the remarks while addressing a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi on Sunday, also the day when India celebrated the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

“Sardar Patel, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah studied in the same institute and became barristers. They helped (India) get freedom and never backed away from any struggle,” the SP leader said.

Yadav’s remark prompted criticism from a number of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Sunday. “Why is Akhilesh Yadav praising Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel?” BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh said in a tweet in Hindi.

BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Brij Lal also attacked Akhilesh Yadav in a video message.

“SP chief Akhilesh Yadav compared Iron Man (Sardar Patel) with Jinnah. Akhilesh Yadav must read history. Jinnah was involved in the mass murder of Hindus and also in the partition of the country. A day before the Sardar Patel anniversary, your father (Mulayam Singh Yadav) on October 30, 1990, had fired on Ram devotees in Ayodhya, and mother Saryu (river) became red,” Lal said.

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Akhilesh Yadav says he will not contest UP assembly polls

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Lucknow: The main opposition party, Samajwadi Party (SP) president, Akhilesh Yadav has made a big announcement about contesting the assembly elections. Akhilesh clearly said that he will not contest the assembly elections. Apart from this, Akhilesh has also commented on the alliance with RLD. Akhilesh said that the alliance with RLD and seat-sharing are to be discussed, a decision will be taken soon.

On the other hand, the main opposition party, Samajwadi Party (SP) is in full power to contest the assembly elections which is to be held in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Party President Akhilesh Yadav is creating an atmosphere in his favor by taking out Rath Yatra across the state.

Yadav wants to keep his entire focus on the preparations for the assembly elections. Perhaps this is the reason why Akhilesh has decided not to contest the assembly elections.

On the other hand, Akhilesh Yadav is a constant attacker on the Yogi government of UP. In a rally in Hardoi on Sunday, Akhilesh said that the Chief Minister has only two functions. Changing the names of works of one SP and construction of toilets. Akhilesh said that the UP government is inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for the works of the SP government. Akhilesh said that Yogi ji is a wonderful Chief Minister, who has not inaugurated any of his work.

Akhilesh compares Mahatma and Sardar Patel with Pakistan’s Jinnah

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday compared Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, saying they all fought for India’s independence.

“Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah studied in the same institute. They became barristers and fought for India’s freedom,” ANI quoted Akhilesh Yadav as saying at a public rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi.

“It was Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who imposed a ban on an ideology,” Akhilesh Yadav said, in an oblique reference to the RSS.

Akhilesh Yadav also attacked the Congress, saying there is no difference between the grand old party and the BJP.

“Investigation of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that is going on against us and other leaders is because of Congress only. There is no difference between them (BJP and Congress). Congress is BJP and BJP is Congress,” ANI quoted him as saying.

The Samajwadi Party is tied up with the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, which has influence over the Rajbhar voters of Poorvanchal, for next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

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