Asaduddin Owaisi is Samajwadi Party agent: Yogi Adityanath

CM Adityanath also accused Owaisi of instigating riots in the state

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday termed All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asauddin Owaisi an 'agent' of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and warned of stern action if he (Owaisi) tried to incite communal violence in the state.

Addressing party workers at Kanpur, Adityanath again stoked controversy by raking up 'abbajaan' (father in Urdu) apparently referring to the alleged appeasement policy adopted by the rival political parties during their stints in the state.

"Earlier communal riots used to happen every third-fourth day but now UP has become a riot free state... I want to warn the disciples of abbajaan and chachajaan that the state government knows very well how to deal with the trouble mongers,'' he said.

''Owaisi is acting as an SP agent... he is trying to incite communal passion,'' he added. Adityanath was apparently referring to Owaisi's reported statement saying that a new 'Shaheen Bagh' would emerge if the centre brought NPR and NRC.

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Earlier also Adityanath had, while addressing a public meeting at Kushinagar district a few days back, said that before 2017 those who used the word 'abbajaan' used to digest all the ration, which was meant for poor people.

The chief minister had also called the SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav as the SP president, Akhilesh Yadav's 'abbajaan'. Adityanath's jibe came when his attention was drawn to Akhilesh's remarks that he (Akhilesh) was a ''more devout'' Hindu than the BJP leaders.

''If it is so then why did his (Akhilesh) abbajaan declare that even a bird would not be able to enter Ayodhya?'' Adityanath had said while referring to the assertion of Mulayam, who was then the chief minister of UP, when the karsevaks threatened to demolish the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1990.

A furious Akhilesh had warned Adityanath to be careful in his choice of words. ''The CM should be careful in choosing his words... I will too start saying things about him (Adityanath) if he does not stop,'' he had said.

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