UP polls: Rijiju accuses Akhilesh Yadav of insulting Lord Buddha

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav of insulting Lord Buddha by allegedly not accepting his bust at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh.

Rijiju shared a video of Yadav purportedly not receiving the bust being given to him as a present and apparently asking that or not it’s saved backstage.

The rally occurred in Kaushambhi a number of days in the past.

Several BJP leaders too have accused the SP chief of insulting Lord Buddha.

“I knew that Akhilesh Yadav was never serious about the sentiments of Dalits, but this open insult of Lord Buddha is an insult of India’s ethos,” the Union minister tweeted in Hindi.

Kaushambhi is a significant pilgrimage web site for Buddhists.