Terming BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as Hitler and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav as Mussolini, Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Sunday alleged that the two leaders have a tacit understanding to polarise votes.
“Hitler has been born in Indian politics, so has Mussolini in Uttar Pradesh. The two leaders had a friendship, and their reincarnations are the same, but of modern type,” Beni alleged, while talking to the reporters here.
“He (Modi) has become a dictator of Gujarat and Muslims can’t dare to speak against Hitler,” he said. Responding to the remarks, BJP flayed Beni for comparing Modi with Hitler. “Before saying so, he should have thought about Modi’s popularity and his stature,” BJP’s chief spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.
“The Minister, who is alleging understanding between BJP and SP, should not forget that his own party (Congress) is having outside support from Mulayam. In fact, his own party does not take Beni seriously,” Pathak said.