Akhilesh Yadav Jinnah Remark

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Wednesday, slammed Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for having called Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah a 'great' leader in the past.

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Wednesday said there would have been no partition had Mohammad Ali Jinnah been made the first prime minister, adding to the row on a remark by Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has doubled down on his remarks on Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, days after the BJP criticised him severely for putting Mr Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel inside the same bracket.

At an event in Hardoi in Central Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, an upbeat Akhilesh Yadav who has embarked on a rath yatra for the forthcoming elections, went on and on about the great contributions of "The Iron Man of India" - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's remark apparently bracketing Pak founder Muhammed Ali Jinnah with Sardar Patel has stirred a hornet's nest. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dubbed it "Talibani mindset"."Akhilesh Ali Jinnah," his deputy added.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar failed to toe the BJP line on the Jinnah controversy, with some hard-hitting remarks that appeared to club his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

The BSP hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday for speaking of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the same breath and alleged that there is a "collusion" between the SP and the BJP

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, under attack over his comments counting Mohammad Ali Jinnah among the icons of India's freedom struggle, was not spared by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, who curtly advised him to "read some history".

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has landed into a controversy with his comments counting Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, among freedom icons of India.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Wednesday, slammed Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for having called Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah a 'great' leader in the past.

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Wednesday said there would have been no partition had Mohammad Ali Jinnah been made the first prime minister, adding to the row on a remark by Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has doubled down on his remarks on Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, days after the BJP criticised him severely for putting Mr Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel inside the same bracket.

At an event in Hardoi in Central Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, an upbeat Akhilesh Yadav who has embarked on a rath yatra for the forthcoming elections, went on and on about the great contributions of "The Iron Man of India" - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's remark apparently bracketing Pak founder Muhammed Ali Jinnah with Sardar Patel has stirred a hornet's nest. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dubbed it "Talibani mindset"."Akhilesh Ali Jinnah," his deputy added.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar failed to toe the BJP line on the Jinnah controversy, with some hard-hitting remarks that appeared to club his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

The BSP hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday for speaking of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the same breath and alleged that there is a "collusion" between the SP and the BJP

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, under attack over his comments counting Mohammad Ali Jinnah among the icons of India's freedom struggle, was not spared by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, who curtly advised him to "read some history".

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has landed into a controversy with his comments counting Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, among freedom icons of India.