Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath | Photo: PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath | Photo: PTI

A day after drawing parallels between the Ayodhya, Sambhal and Bangladesh communal unrests777rainbow, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday reiterated the issue of attack on minorities.

Adityanath said that "anarchy" in the neighbouring country would continue as long as "Jinnah's spirit remains there."

"As long as Jinnah's spirit remains there, this kind of anarchy will continue. The poor and the deprived are being exploited there. This is the sin of India's partition in 1947," the chief minister said.

On Thursday, he raised the same issue and claimed that the actions of Mughal ruler Babur's commander in Ayodhya and Sambhal 500 years ago, and the events happening in Bangladesh now, share the same nature and intent.

Commenting on the communal turmoil in Bangladesh, Adityanath said that "anarchy" in the neighbouring country would continue as long as "Jinnah's spirit remains there".

What all did Adityanath say?

Speaking on the occasion of Bhimrao Ambedkar's death anniversary, he said the architect of the Constitution had urged people before Independence not to let the country be divided and warned it would lead to a "fight to the finish".

"In Bangladesh, Hindus, Buddhists and people from other minority communities are being killed by fundamentalists. They are being burnt. Their properties are being looted. The dignity of women is being undermined.

He noted that in 1947, there was a large population of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Till 1971, 22 per cent of the population in Bangladesh were Hindus but it has reduced to 6 to 8 per cent now, Adityanath said.

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Without naming anyone, he said, "Today some people are deceiving society and spreading lies. These are the same people who were silent when the villages of Dalits were being burnt by the Nizam of Hyderabad and exploited."

"At that time too Ambedkar had written an open letter that all Dalits in Hyderabad being tortured should leave the Nizam's state and go to Maharashtra. But they should not change their religion.

"The people of the Hyderabad Nizam and the pro-Pakistan public tried to tempt Ambedkar, but he did not budge," Adityanath said.

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'DNA of same nature': Adityanath on Ayodhya, Sambhal and Bangladesh

On Thursday, Adityanath drawn a parallel between the demolition of the Ayodhya temple to the ongoing violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and Bangladesh.

As per the BJP stalwart, the three incidents have the "same DNA". Speaking at the inauguration of the Ramayan Mela at Ram Katha Park in Ayodhya, the Chief Minister drew a connection to the Mughal Empire and said - "Remember what Babur’s man did in Ayodhya 500 years ago? The same thing happened in Sambhal, and the same is happening in Bangladesh. The nature and DNA of all three is the same."

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Adding to his slogan of "batege toh katege", Adityanath stated that "the people who created divisions in our unity, their descendants are still here, and they continue to disrupt the society in the name of caste."

"Look at what the enemies in the neighbouring country are doing. Five hundred years ago, a commander of Babur did something in Ayodhya. The DNA of all three actions (Ayodhya, Sambhal, and Bangladesh) is the same," he said.

This is not the first time the Chief Minister has alleged "dividing forces" have a role to play in India. The BJP leader received major backlash for his slogan "batege toh katege" during the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Politicians from Maharashtra such as NCP leader Ajit Pawar and opposition leaders such as Malikarjun Kharge alleged that the UP CM was trying to incite communal tensions and create more religious divides with the slogan.777rainbow

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