Mayawati alleges collusion in between SP, BJP over Akhilesh’s Jinnah remark
LUCKNOW: The BSP struck out at Samajwadi Celebration chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday for speaking of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the exact same breath and declared that there is a “collusion” between the SP and the BJP.
In a tweet in Hindi, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) primary Mayawati declared that Yadav’s remarks on Jinnah and the BJP’s action to it belong to a well-thought-out strategy of the 2 celebrations to vitiate the atmosphere on Hindu-Muslim lines ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
1. https://t.co/vjW8rIPgcI!.?.!�� Mayawati(@Mayawati )1635757920000 “The politics of the SP and the BJP have actually been complementary to each other. Given that the thinking of these 2 parties is casteist and communal, their presence has been based on each other. That is why when the SP is in power, the BJP ends up being strong, whereas when
the BSP is in power, the BJP becomes weak,”she added. Yadav lavished appreciation on Patel on his 146th birth anniversary at a public conference in Hardoi on Sunday, however raised eyebrows when he appeared to equate the 4 leaders, including Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.” Sardar Patel, Daddy of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Jinnah studied in the same institute and ended up being lawyers. They assisted(India)get freedom and never pulled back from any struggle, “he stated. The SP chief also referred to the ban enforced on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) by Patel, the then Union home minister, following Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, stating just he could do it. Released at Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:25:21 -0500
