"Insult To Cycle Insult To Nation": Akhilesh Yadav Slams PM's Bomb Dig
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Uttar Pradesh Election: Akhilesh Yadav's retort was framed in a verse in Hindi on the bicycle- his party's election symbol -- as the "common man's ride" and the pride of villages.
Akhilesh Yadav today fired back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "terrorists choosing cycles" comment at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh, declaring that an "insult to the cycle is an insult to the entire nation".
The Samajwadi Party leader's retort was framed in a verse in Hindi on the bicycle- his party's election symbol -- as the "common man's ride" and the pride of villages.
"The cycle connects the farmers to their fields, laying the foundation of prosperity. The cycle takes our daughters to school, rising above social restrictions, it races ahead, untouched by inflation; the cycle is the common man's ride, the pride of rural India; an insult to the cycle is an insult to the entire nation," Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, along with the image of a schoolboy riding on a cycle, smiling at a toy plane.
Yesterday, PM Modi had made disparaging comments linking the Samajwadi Party's poll symbol to terrorists, in the context of the 49 people convicted of the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts on Friday.
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