On the eve of the 70th Independence Day, a controversial poster of BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has been released by the minority cell of the BJP in Gorakhpur depicting him as freedom fighter Sardar Bhagat Singh.
The poster further says that when Yogi becomes the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh ‘ goondaraj’ would end and UP will be free from slavery’.
The poster also has photos of UP CM Akhlesh Yadav, BSP president Mayawati, Congress vice-president Rahjul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Peace Party president Dr Ayub, who the poster says are responsible for the backwardness of the state.
However, the BJP MP was not available for comments while other senior party leaders refused to say anything.
A BJP minority cell, who brought out a march in the city on Sunday morning with the poster said Yogi’s fight for justice is similar to that of Bhagat Singh. “For us Yogi is Bhagat Singh who is concerned for the country and could even sacrifice his life for the countrymen,.” He said
The Gorakhpur minority cell of the BJP had earlier released several such posters and banners demanding Yogi to be declared as UP CM candidate and depicted him as God.
During the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in, the minority cell had released a poster of BJP leader Yogi Adityanath as the king of Uttar Pradesh and PM Modi as Chanakya. The text written on that poster says ‘Desh mei Modi, Pradesh mei Yogi.’
Earlier too, Yogi was depicted as lord Hanuman with firebrand Gorakhpur MP carrying the proposed Ram Temple in one of his hands.