Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has taken a veiled swipe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his recent hate speech targeting the Muslim population in the state.
File PhotoGandhi took to Twitter to write in Hindi, “Jo Nafrat Kare, Wo Yogi Kaisa (How can a hatemonger be a Yogi?)”
जो नफ़रत करे,
वह योगी कैसा!— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 14, 2021
Addressing a rally on Sunday, Adityanath had said that his predecessors only provided ration to Muslims before he became the state’s chief minister in 2017. He had said, “2017 ke pahle kya sabhi ko ration milta tha?….Abba Jaan kehne wale sara ration hajam kar lete the,” (Did everyone get ration before 2017?…People who said Abba Jaan used to digest all the ration).”
Adityanath, who founded a militant organisation, Hindu Yuva Vahini, before becoming Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister, had to face widespread condemnation for his hate speech with netizens trending ##AbbaJaan on Twitter and sharing photos of themselves with their fathers. In a blow to Adityanath’s hate agenda, many Hindu Twitter users too decided to share the stories of their fathers with photos by using hashtag #AbbaJaan.
Me and my #abbajaan who I address as “pappy”♥️ pic.twitter.com/VG5dk3GPTQ
— Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) September 13, 2021
Here’s my #AbbaJaan reading holy scripture.. when I count my blessings I count him twice .. pic.twitter.com/W1qWYn65Yc
— Jagmeet singh (@jagmeet81) September 13, 2021
My #AbbaJaan is a 71 war veteran..he served the #IndianArmy with valour,honour and distinction for forty years as a soldier.
Add another 5 years of training to become an officer at NDA and IMA.
He retired as the deputy chief of the Indian Army after 40 years of meritorious pic.twitter.com/BEtcGr5ppG
— Saira Shah Halim سائرہ ???????? (@sairashahhalim) September 13, 2021
me with my #AbbaJaan 🙂 pic.twitter.com/cn0xtfI6qa
— Vishesh (@Dr_VisheshSingh) September 13, 2021
My #AbbaJaan clicked a week before he could leave me for good…. Miss you dadda alot. pic.twitter.com/uJSVtoRmm5
— Ria (@RiaRevealed) September 13, 2021
According to analysts, Adityanath has resorted to hate speech against Muslims to divert people’s attention from his poor governance ahead of the next year’s assembly polls. Uttar Pradesh was one of the worst-hit states during the second wave of the pandemic.
The state has also reported another wave of deaths lately with people forced to die outside government hospitals for the want of decent healthcare facilities.