“If people press the lotus symbol, it will mean a nuclear bomb has been automatically dropped on Pakistan. Kindly vote for BJP and make our party win” Keshav Prasad Maurya said.
Mumbai| On Sunday Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that giving votes to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “means a nuclear bomb has been automatically dropped on Pakistan”.
Yesterday Maurya was campaigning for BJP candidate Narendra Mehta in Mira Bhayander constituency in Thane and he said, “If people press the lotus symbol, it will mean a nuclear bomb has been automatically dropped on Pakistan. Kindly vote for BJP and make our party win once again in Maharashtra state. I believe that lotus will surely bloom in the upcoming state elections.”
केशव मौर्या @kpmaurya1 को साईकिल वाले @yadavakhilesh की याद सता रही है. मौर्याजी.. मुम्बई की शिवाजी नगर मानखुर्द विधानसभा आइए, साईकिल न होने की गलतफहमी दूर हो जाएगी. @abuasimazmi @samajwadiparty pic.twitter.com/5VWcVeM06R
— Ravishankar HW (@ravishjourno) October 13, 2019
Rising tensions between India and Pakistan have been simmering after the Centre’s decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir special status Article 370. Further, downsize it into two union territories.
He took a jibe at the opposition parties in Maharashtra and said: “Goddess Lakshmi doesn’t sit on a palm, bicycle or watch, rather she sits on a lotus. Article 370 was only abrogated because of the flower lotus. Lotus is the symbol of development.
Assembly polls in the states of Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls are scheduled for October 21. The counting of votes and results will take place on October 24.
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