BJP Should Change to BJD: Akhilesh Yadav

New Delhi: Adding to the India vs Bharat debate, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said if the BJP wants to eliminate the English language, it should first remove the English word ‘Party’ from its name, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took a dig at the BJP for pushing ‘Bharat’ over the country’s English name ‘India’ and suggested a new name for the ruling party.

Yadav said if the BJP wants to eliminate English language word, which it thinks as a symbol of slavery, it should first remove the English word ‘Party’ from its name, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and change it ‘Bharatiya Janta Dal’ (BJD).

“Although the meeting and mutual use of languages ​​is considered a symbol of development of humanity and harmony among big-minded people, yet if the narrow-minded BJP and its allies want to change the word of a language as a symbol of slavery, then First of all, BJP should also call a special session of its own and by removing the English word ‘Party’ from its name, the word ‘Dal’ of the indigenous tradition should change its name from BJP to BJD”, he posted on X in Hindi.