"When His House Burned...": Yogi Adityanath's History Reminder To M Kharge
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Maharashtra will vote on November 20 in a single-phase Assembly election and the results of polling for its 288 seats will be announced three days later.
Yogi Adityanath and Mallikarjun Kharge have traded barbs - on charges of spreading communal hatred vs appeasement politics - as campaigning for next week's Maharashtra Assembly election enters the home stretch. #WATCH | Mumbai: At the 'Samvidhan Bachao Sammelan', Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge says, "Many leaders live in the guise of sadhus and have now become politicians. Some have even become chief ministers. They wear 'gerua' clothes and have no hair on their… pic.twitter.com/wLnFkNNNz7
At a rally in Amravati Tuesday afternoon, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister served up a caustic reply to the Congress boss' comment about "(political) leaders in the guise of sadhus", an obvious jab at Yogi Adityanath.
Responding to that attack, Yogi referred to his rival's childhood tragedy - his mother and members of his family died when their home, in a village in the former princely state of Hyderabad, was burned down by an Islamic militia - and claimed Mr Kharge had since buried his feelings "for the sake of (the Congress') vote bank".
