A huge uproar was created in the Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that he doesn't celebrate Eid and is a proud Hindu. The chief minister was responding to Leader of Opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary’s remark that he was a CM only to “so-called Hindus”.
“Main Eid nahi manata hun, main Hindu hun.. mujhe garva ki anubhuti hoti hai…. Ghar mein baith kar koi janeu pehne aur bahar topi pehenke nikle, yeh dhong aur pakhand BJP sarkar nahi kar sakti (I do not celebrate Eid, I am a Hindu and I am proud of it. Wearing a sacred thread at home but coming out wearing a cap…this kind of hypocrisy is not something the BJP government indulges in),” said Adityanath adding that his government will provide support to those who want to celebrate Eid, reported The Indian Express.
There is nothing wrong in being proud of being a Hindu, the CM added.
Earlier, Leader of Opposition Govind Chaudhary had alleged that the present government was playing with the expectations of “Dalit, backwards and Muslims”. He also said that it appeared that Adityanath was the CM of only “Tathakathit Hindus (so-called Hindus)” and advised him to try to serve everyone in the state.
During the session, the Uttar Pradesh CM lashed out at the Samajwadi party and said that "red cap" will be brought down in the state the way "red flag" was in Tripura. He added that the time of “Bhagwa” and “kesariya” had come, the report adds.
Ever since Adityanath took over as the chief minister of UP, the colour seems to have become a defining feature of the state.
It has virtually permeated everything -- from booklets and school bags to towels or chairs, buses and even police station.
Official booklets that were distributed to mark 100 days and then six months of the Adityanath government had saffron covers and the information diary of the state government, which contains the contacts and designations of various officials, is also saffron.
Interestingly, after the bright saffron shade on the Haj office boundary wall attracted criticism from the Opposition and flak from Muslim bodies, it was given a cream coat by the Estates department recently. The boundary wall originally was green and white.
The Haj office colour prompted opposition Samajwadi Party to accuse the government of "blatant saffronisation" after a series of steps were perceived by it as "anti-minority".