‘Congress leading nation towards a second Partition,’ says Adityanath 

UP CM Yogi Adityanath accuses Congress of Islamizing India, criticizes Congress for Hindu terrorism term, and rallies for BJP candidates.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleged on Wednesday that the Congress seeks to Islamise the country. He said the Congress was leading India towards a “second Partition,” and lambasted it for coining the term ‘Hindu terrorism.’

Mr. Adityanath is holding a series of rallies in Maharashtra to bolster the Mahayuti-NDA candidates. Prime Minister Modi has just finished a campaign tour of western Maharashtra.

Yogi Adityanath held public rallies in Solapur in support of the BJP’s Ram Satpute and later in Sangli and Kolhapur’s Hatkanangale Lok Sabha constituencies to bat for the BJP’s Sanjaykaka Patil and Dhairyasheel Mane of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.  All three seats go to the polls on May 7 in the third phase.

He lashed out at the Congress for questioning the existence of Lord Ram and for allegedly allowing Muslims to slaughter cows across the country.

“Look at the Congress’ election manifesto. It says that it will allow minorities to have food of their choice. This amounts to allowing them to slaughter cows freely. Will India accept this?” said Mr. Adityanath. “It is a sin to vote for the Congress.”

He said the country’s borders were insecure, and terrorism and Naxalism were rampant during the Congress regimes. Mr. Adityanath said that India’s standing in the world, which had taken a knock, had been enhanced by ten years of BJP rule at the Centre.

“It was the Congress that coined the term ‘Hindu terrorism’ to insult the Hindu community. At that time, the UPA was in power. No one can violate our borders today,” said Mr. Adityanath, speaking in Solapur.