<p class="title">After Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav, party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav invoked Lord Krishna to "revive" the electoral fortune of his party and counter the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Rama is worshipped mainly in the North India... Krishna, on the other hand, is worshipped almost by the entire country from north to south," Mulayam said, while speaking at a function in Ghaziabad on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Lord Krishna is worshipped even outside India," he added. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mulayam's remark was slammed by the BJP, which termed it an attempt to "divide the Gods to gain political mileage".</p>.<p class="bodytext">''It is really very unfortunate that even the gods are not spared. It is an attempt to divide the gods," said a senior state BJP leader here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress, however, reacted in a cautious manner saying that one should avoid making such remarks. "Both Rama and Krishna are incarnations of Lord Vishnu...they are the same," said Congress leader Ashok Singh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mulayam's remarks comes close on the heels of Akhilesh Yadav's reported plans to get a statue of Lord Kishna constructed at his ancestral village of Saifai and unveil the same at a grand function in the presence Opposition leaders before the next Lok Sabha polls in 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that the state government would construct a statue of Lord Rama on the banks of the holy Saryu river in Ayodhya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Political observers said it is an attempt by the SP to rid itself of the "pro-Muslim" tag.</p>
<p class="title">After Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav, party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav invoked Lord Krishna to "revive" the electoral fortune of his party and counter the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Rama is worshipped mainly in the North India... Krishna, on the other hand, is worshipped almost by the entire country from north to south," Mulayam said, while speaking at a function in Ghaziabad on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Lord Krishna is worshipped even outside India," he added. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mulayam's remark was slammed by the BJP, which termed it an attempt to "divide the Gods to gain political mileage".</p>.<p class="bodytext">''It is really very unfortunate that even the gods are not spared. It is an attempt to divide the gods," said a senior state BJP leader here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress, however, reacted in a cautious manner saying that one should avoid making such remarks. "Both Rama and Krishna are incarnations of Lord Vishnu...they are the same," said Congress leader Ashok Singh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mulayam's remarks comes close on the heels of Akhilesh Yadav's reported plans to get a statue of Lord Kishna constructed at his ancestral village of Saifai and unveil the same at a grand function in the presence Opposition leaders before the next Lok Sabha polls in 2019.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that the state government would construct a statue of Lord Rama on the banks of the holy Saryu river in Ayodhya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Political observers said it is an attempt by the SP to rid itself of the "pro-Muslim" tag.</p>
