Farmers Movement Archive

Rakesh Tikait calls Owaisi ‘chacha jaan’ of BJP

Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, September 15The battle for the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh is getting murkier by the day. After the “abba jaan” jibe by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has now called AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi “chacha jaan” and a “B team of the BJP”.“Owaisi and the BJP are a team. He is BJP’s ‘chacha jaan’ (uncle). He has the blessings of the BJP. He will abuse them, but they will not file a case against him. The BJP will take his help. Farmers need to understand their moves,” Tikait warned.The BJP, whose CM landed the “abba jaan” punch against closest rival Samajwadi Party a couple of days ago, has been accusing Owaisi and BSP supremo Mayawati of playing “communal politics”.Mayawati is being accused of trying to divide Brahmins, a sizable vote bank, political influencers and traditional supporters of the saffron party in the state, as they are said to be upset with Adityanath for “targeting the community and favouring Thakurs”. Observers, however, say the move would also help the BJP.Interestingly, soon after Owaisi stepped into the UP’s political arena, he has been facing accusations from the anti-BJP groupings that he is the “B team” of the BJP who is trying to “divide Muslims” to dent “the traditional vote base” of the SP.Urging Muslims in Uttar Pradesh to “learn from West Bengal who did not get influenced by Owaisi”, they claimed that the AIMIM chief “is only contesting in UP so that the BJP can win”.

The Tribune

2021-09-16