New Delhi, July 23: With the BJP accusing it of holding a political meeting inside a mosque here, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday said it was a social gathering and the ruling party was misleading people to divert attention from real issues like electoral rolls revision in Bihar and “intelligence failure” in the Pahalgam attack.
A photograph of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, party MPs Mohibulla Nadvi, who is also Imam of the mosque near Parliament, Dimple Yadav, Dharmendra Yadav, Zia ur Rahman Barq, among others, sitting in the mosque, was shared by BJP leaders who claimed that it was a political meeting.
BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya said Akhilesh Yadav held a political meeting at the mosque near Parliament. “These are the same people who distanced themselves from the grand inauguration of the Ram Temple (22 January 2024), calling it a ‘political project’…This is not ‘secularism’, but hypocrisy for the sake of vote bank,” Malviya said on X, sharing a picture of the meeting.
Asked about the BJP’s charge, Akhilesh Yadav said, “The BJP is a group of people of negative mindset. Faith is positive, it unites. The BJP gets upset with anything that unites. They want negativity, faith is for positive people. Faith unites, ensures brotherhood, it increases love and respect among people.” Faith and any religious place can never promote negativity, he told reporters in the Parliament House Complex.
“We do politics of uniting people, bringing them together,” he said. (PTI)
