Lucknow,

22 March (HS): UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya chastised

Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, comparing him to Abu Azmi’s remarks

praising Aurangzeb. Azmi, who said Aurangzeb was a just king, risked suspension

from Maharashtra’s Assembly. Akhilesh supported free thinking, but Nitesh Rane

linked recent riots to Azmi’s words. In a heated political exchange, Uttar

Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya launched a verbal attack on

Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav in response to party leader Abu Azmi’s

controversial remarks honoring Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Maurya questioned Yadav’s viewpoint, implying

that Azmi was complicit. Abu Azmi had

earlier depicted Aurangzeb as a non-tyrannical monarch who built many temples,

claiming that his battle with Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was administrative

rather than religious. Following these

statements, the Mumbai Police filed a complaint against Azmi under the relevant

provisions of the IPC.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi