Ghaziabad, April 1: With the Lok Sabha Elections season is in full swing, politicians around the country are vigilant over their opposition’s remarks on them and issues of concern. In the latest, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath for using Indian Army as ‘Modi Ji Ki Sena’ during a political rally in Ghaziabad on Sunday.

Expressing shocking on the comments of Adityanath for using Indian Army as a political tool and naming them as ‘Modi Ji Ki Sena’, Banerjee said that this is an insult of the Indian Army. She said, as NDTV reports, “It is shocking to hear the UP CM saying that the Indian Army is the 'Modi Sena'. Such blatant personalization and usurping of our beloved Indian army is an insult and a humiliation.” Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Priyanka Gandhi Insulted Hindus in Ayodhya Trip, Says Yogi Adityanath. 

Even the comments were not welcomed by the Congress and party’s national spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi took to Twitter and wrote, “This is an insult to our armed forces. They are India's Armed Forces not the private army of Prachaar Mantri. Adityanath must apologise.”

Chaturvedi also reminded Yogi Adityanath that in 1999, it was the BJP government which swapped Masood Azhar – then in custody – for the safety of passengers held hostage in Kandahar after flight IC814 was hijacked. She wrote, “If we talk about Masood Azahar, then how can one forge the stellar role of NSA (Ajit) Doval who personally ensured the safe return of the terrorist to terroristan.”

Earlier on Sunday, while trying to attack the Congress and opposition parties, Adityanath had said, “Congress people used to serve terrorists biryani and Modi-ji's Sena (Prime Minister Narendra Modi's army) gives them only golis and golas (bullets and bombs). That's the difference. Congress people use "ji" for terrorists like Masood Azhar but under the leadership of PM Modi, the BJP government is breaking the backs of terrorists by striking their camps.”

It is to be known that the Election Commission of India had strictly barred political parties to take the name of Defence personnel or images in the political rallies for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Since the comments of Adityanath comes in the times when the Model Code of Conduct is in effect, these remarks on Indian Army might be considered as a violation of the same.

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