Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Sambit Patra hit out at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, terming him a pro-Pakistani and pro-Jinnah leader and alleging that he had tried to free terrorists during his tenure as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing media in Lucknow on Monday, Patra said, “On UP Foundation Day, Yogi ji, Modi ji are congratulating all the people of the state on Uttar Pradesh’s foundation day, while Akhilesh ji said in an interview in a newspaper that he does not consider Pakistan as the real enemy of India. Now you tell me who brought Pakistan and Jinnah in the election. Akhilesh Yadav must apologise for such a statement. Jo Jinnah se kare pyaar, woh Pakistan se kaise kare inkaar.”
Accusing the SP chief of indulging in the politics of appeasement, the BJP leader said, “The SP is giving tickets to people like Nahid Hasan. If Akhilesh ji has his way, he would have named Yakub Memon too. Thankfully, Kasab was hanged or else SP would have made him its star campaigner and put him on campaign trail.”
Training guns at the Samajwadi Party, Patra said that Akhilesh ji was not able to release the next list of his candidates because the list is full of goons, mafia like the previous one. Daring the SP chief, he asked Akhilesh to release his list of candidates and said that the list would expose him before the public. Sambit Patra also congratulated the people of Uttar Pradesh on the 73rd foundation day of the state and delved on how the state has been progressing under the double-engine government of the BJP since 2017.
“On one side there is Yogi Adityanath who is focused on development, while on the other side there is Akhilesh Yadav who is talking about Pakistan,” he said.
Mounting a blistering attack on Akhilesh Yadav Patra said, “Akhilesh is saying that the opinion poll should be banned. I can say with certainty that on March 10 they will again cry over the EVMs being partisan. This election is between BJP and SP's expressways. The BJP's expressway is Ganga Expressway, Purvanchal Expressway, Bundelkhand Expressway, Gorakhpur Link Expressway while the SP's unique selling proposition have been gundai expressway, rangdari expressway and mafia expressway.