Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday sought to defend his remarks of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as he hit out at his opponents by asking him to learn historical past books once more.
On Sunday, Yadav courted controversy by naming Jinnah with Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Mahatma Gandhi, saying he helped India obtain independence and by no means backed down from any battle. He had additionally mentioned that the three leaders studied in the identical institute for barristership.
When requested in regards to the controversy by journalists on the inauguration of the workplace of the ally Democratic Party Socialist right here on Saturday, Yadav hit again, saying, “Why should I say the reference? I would say read the books again. “
His feedback obtained a pointy response from Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh, who mentioned in a Hindi tweet, “The love for Jinnah remains to be intact. Akhilesh Yadav ji please inform which historical past books to learn – Indian or Pakistani.
Singh had earlier mentioned that glorifying Jinnah would show expensive for Yadav because the nation nonetheless thought of Jinnah as a ‘villain’.
On Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s comment that he’s able to contest from anyplace within the state, the SP chief mentioned he mustn’t achieve this as he’s going out of energy.
“Now, ‘Baba Chief Minister’ mustn’t contest elections. He goes (out). What to do with those that are going out now?
Asked whether or not he would contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Yadav mentioned the choice was for the celebration to take however indicated that he was not towards the concept.
“When we are in the electoral fray, how can we hold back?”
He mentioned that if he answered this query, the following query can be “Which constituency?”
When requested the motive behind the latest assembly between Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and RLD’s Jayant Choudhary on the Lucknow airport, Yadav downplayed the matter and mentioned that it was nothing greater than a collision with somebody in a restaurant.
The SP chief determined to brush apart the query of any attainable electoral alliance between his celebration and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
“Why should I tell? You are a friend, but the problem is that through you the BJP will come to know about it. For that reason, it has not been disclosed yet,” he mentioned.
On hypothesis about SBSP chief OP Rajbhar giving ticket to mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari (presently lodged in Banda jail), he mentioned it was not based mostly on info.
Yadav mentioned, ‘OP Rajbhar is our colleague and you aren’t conscious of tickets proper now.
When reminded of Adityanath’s latest comment wherein he had mentioned that those that fired at ‘kar sevaks’ can be raised for ‘kar seva’, Yadav mentioned the chief minister ought to see the temple that the earlier authorities (his ) was created. Minister’s official residence.
“Next time you meet the Chief Minister, please request him to indicate you probably the most stunning temple constructed by the earlier authorities at his residence, in order that you can also have a glimpse.
“If the chief minister has seen a better temple than this, he should tell us all. And this temple was built without a map,” he mentioned.
Adityanath was apparently referring to an incident in 1990, when the then Mulayam Singh Yadav authorities ordered firing towards ‘kar sevaks’ who had gathered in Ayodhya to march to the Babri Masjid.
Yadav additionally educated his weapons on Adityanath for the present legislation and order scenario within the state.
“Law and order in Uttar Pradesh was never as bad as it is today. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of custodial deaths. NHRC has sent maximum number of notices to Uttar Pradesh. There is no police modernization,” he mentioned.
“And when a Chief Minister withdraws the cases registered against him, how can he be expected to reform the police,” he mentioned. He likes that the police is doing injustice. The Deputy Chief Minister additionally withdrew the instances registered towards him.
On Adityanath inaugurating a jail in Etawah, Yadav mentioned the act was one of many achievements of the earlier authorities and several other actions taken within the latest previous to rename issues.
He mentioned that if the SP involves energy, it is going to set up one other statue of Raja Prithviraj Chauhan in Kannauj on one other Purvanchal “Samajwadi” expressway. He mentioned it might additionally construct a museum.
“We will work to spread information about Prithviraj Chauhan and also work to restore his lost glory,” he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
