New Delhi: Responding to a recent video that showed senior Congress leader Kamal Nath asking Muslim leaders to ensure 90 per cent votes for his party from the minority community, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said Bajrang Bali is enough for us.
Kamal Nath ji ka ek bayaan mai padh raha tha, unhone kaha ki hamein SC/ST ka vote nahi chahiye, Congress ko keval muslimo ka vote chahiye. Kamal Nath ji aap ko yeh Ali mubarak, hamare liye Bajrangbali paryaapt honge (I read a statement of Kamal Nath ji where he is saying that he does not want the SC/ST vote. The Congress needs only the Muslim votes. Kamla Nath ji, keep your Ali, Bajrang Bali is enough for us), said Yogi Adityanath at a poll rally in Bhopal.
While (Imam) Ali is revered by Muslims as successor of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh), Bajrang Bali is another name for the Hindu god Hanuman.
In the video, Kamal Nath is purportedly heard saying that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP have only one message for the voters a vote for Narendra Modi means a vote for Hindus and “agar Musalman ko vote deni hai, to Congress ko vote do (vote for the Congress if you want to vote for Muslims).”
The BJP launched a scathing attack on Congress over the issue, saying the party only cared for Muslim appeasement.
However, Congress spokesperson Bhupendra Gupta justified Naths statement saying the party usually urges for maximum voter turnout from leaders who attend the meetings.
“This is their politics….We will deal with them later…They will try to provoke you, but you will have to bear everything till the day of voting,” the Congress leader purportedly says in the video.
The elections for the 230-seat Assembly will be held on 28 November.
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