Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Tuesday blamed Sam🅠ajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for not paying tributes to former state CM Kalyan Singh and cited his "love" for the Muslim vote bank as the reasoꦑn that prevented him from paying tributes.
Former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh died a👍fter prolonged illnes🍒s.
A Hindutva icon and an OBC Lodh caste leader, Kalyan Singh was the chief ministe♒r of the state when the Babri mosque in Ayodhya was demolished by "K𝐆ar Sevaks" in 1992.
He had died on Saturday after prolonged illness at a Lucknow hospital, after whichꦬ his body was kept here for some time before the BJP leader’s cremation wꦉith full state honours at Bansi Ghat in Bulandshahr's Narora town on Monday.
Attacking the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief, Swatan💃tra Dev Singh in a Hindi tweet said Yadav could not come barely one kilometre from his residence to Mall Avenue in Lucknow to pay tributes to Kalyan Singh.
"Has the love for the Muslim vote bank stopped him from paying tributes to the biggest leader of the backward class," h🥃e asked taking a swipe at Yadav.
(With PTI Inputs)
