Lagatar24 Desk
Lucknow, Nov.18: Keshav Prasad Maurya, the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has advised that Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, alter his name to “Akhilesh Ali Jinnah.”
Akhilesh Yadav has been a target of the BJP since he invoked Jinnah’s name, along with those of Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters, to claim that they helped India gain independence and never gave up the battle earlier this month.
Maurya while addressing reporters said, “The politics of appeasement of the Samajwadi Party has brought Jinnah to the forefront. That is why I say to Akhilesh Yadav that he should change his name to Akhilesh Ali Jinnah. And he should change the name of his party to Jinnahwadi Party.”
Maurya also cautioned the Samajwadi Party that Jinnah would help them win in the elections. He also went against Akhilesh Yadav for his party’s ties to gangsters who later became politicians.
“He will not be helped in this election by (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah, Atiq Ahmed, or (Mukhtar) Ansari. The people of Uttar Pradesh have picked lotus as their state flower (BJP). The advantage is that it is possible to reach out to the people of the state in an honest manner. There used to be mafia and thugs here, but that is no longer the case, and the people are at peace,” he stated
After losing elections in 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019, Maurya alleged that the Samajwadi Party is panicking. “They should brace themselves for another defeat next year,” he warned.
