GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 24th Jan. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday slammed Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for his comments that China is India’s real enemy while Pakistan is a “political enemy” which is targeted by the ruling party (BJP) for “vote politics”.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that this shows Akhilesh Yadav’s mindset and he should tender an apology to the country for the remarks which show his “love” for Pakistan.
What the Samajwadi Party president has said is very unfortunate and disappointing, Patra said.
Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Patra said that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had also brought M A Jinnah, Pakistan’s founder, into the Uttar Pradesh assembly election campaign as well, and claimed that while the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is campaigning on development issues, the Samajwadi Party is depending on Jinnah and Pakistan.
An interview in the Economic Times quoted Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav to have said that India’s real enemy is China while Pakistan is a political enemy which the BJP attacks for its “vote politics”. Yadav also hit out at the ruling party for China’s alleged encroachment on Indian land.
Patra accused the SP leader of making criminals his party’s candidates in the elections. He said that the SP chief would have given election ticket to Yakub Memon, who was executed for his role in the Mumbai bomb blasts, and made Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist executed for his role in the Mumbai terror attack, a star campaigner if he could.
Taking a jibe at Akhilesh for the SP asking the Election Commission to ban opinion polls, most of which have shown the BJP ahead of the rival party, Patra said that Akhilesh Yadav will find fault with EVMs after March 10, when votes will be counted.
Speaking about Uttar Pradesh, Patra said that it is a secure and aspirational state under the leadership of PM Modi and UP CM Adityanath.
Making an appeal to the youth, the BJP spokesperson said, “The coming elections in the state will be between the expressways of the BJP and the expressways of the SP.
“The BJP’s are Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Ganga and Gorakhpur link expressways. The SP’s are gundai expressway, rangdari expressway, dangai expressway and mafia expressway. You have to select between the two”, Patrahe said.
He said that the people are intelligent and wise, and will choose development.
Elections for 403 assembly constituencies in UP are scheduled to be held in seven phases starting Feb 10. Voting will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 & 7. The counting of votes and result declaration will take place on March 10.
On Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s statement that Shiv Sena has “wasted” 25 years in alliance with the BJP, the BJP spokesperson said that Uddhav has raised a question on his father’s decision.
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