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‘BJP likes foul smell, building cowsheds’, says Akhilesh Yadav; UP govt hits back
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of spreading the “stench of hatred”
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying it likes "durgandh" (foul smell) and so is building "gaushalas" or cowsheds while his party developed perfume parks.
“Kannauj has always spread the fragrance of brotherhood, but BJP spreads the stench of hatred. I urge the people of Kannauj to remove this BJP stench completely. It has been reduced to some extent, but next time, remove it entirely so that Kannauj's stalled development can move forward,” PTI quoted the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister as saying in Kannauj.
“They like foul smell, that's why they are building 'gaushalas' (cowsheds). We like fragrance, that's why we were making a perfume park,” he added.
“The government claims that it is capturing bulls but they could not do so as the money for the task in being siphoned off. We are people who appreciate fragrance, while they are people of foul smell,” Akhilesh Yadav said.
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UP deputy CM reacts
Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya hit back at Akhilesh Yadav, saying,"If a farmer's son finds cow dung foul-smelling, it means he has lost touch with his roots and his "society."
Munshi Premchand once wrote that if a farmer's son dislikes cow dung, famine is inevitable. If Akhilesh Yadav finds cow dung stinky, it is certain that his party is heading towards political extinction," Maurya wrote on X.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said,"Samajwadi Party, now becoming 'Samaptwadi Party' for vote bank, is constantly insulting Hindu-Sanatan culture... This has become their standard operating procedure... Even Mahatma Gandhi used to advocate for saving cows, was he wrong, too?"
"The Samajwadi Party should apologise. First, they insulted the country's nationalists by making remarks on Rana Sanga and now they are insulting the followers of Hindu Sanatan culture," Poonawalla was quoted by ANI as saying.
