Asaduddin Owaisi<\/a> added, “Akhilesh Yadav should understand that Indian Muslims have nothing to do with Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Our elders rejected the two-nation theory and chose India as their country.”<\/p>\nThe comment also produced furore from the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath who demanded an apology from the Samajwadi Party chief and said, “His divisive mindset came to the fore once again when he tried to glorify Jinnah by equating Sardar Patel with him. It’s the Talibani mentality that believes in dividing. The Samajwadi national president should apologize for this.”<\/p>\n
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati also hit out at Akhilesh Yadav, who was temporarily her ally for the 2019 national election. She alleged that Mr Yadav’s remarks and the BJP’s response to them were a strategy planned by both parties to polarise voters ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls.<\/p>\n
“The politics of the SP and BJP have been complementary to each other. Since the thinking of these two parties is casteist and communal, they depend on each other for their existence. That is why when SP is in power, the BJP becomes strong; when the BSP is in power, the BJP becomes weak,” said Mayawati.<\/p>\n
Akhilesh Yadav also has been criticized by the BJP over his comments at a public rally, in which he takes the name of Jinnah in the same breath as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.<\/p>\n
The BJP accused Mr Yadav of “Muslim appeasement” ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n
Appeasement politics is thickly embedded in Indian politics and usually surfaces out during election campaigns, to be forgotten again in the tenure of time.<\/p>\n
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