New Delhi:
A BJP leader has offered a curious mathematical breakdown for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “80 vs 20” comment in which he said 80 per cent people in the state support BJP while 20 per cent oppose it – a comment widely seen as pitting the state’s 80 per cent Hindu population against the 20 per cent minorities.
The numbers cited by the Chief Minister roughly correspond to the ratio of Hindus to Muslims in UP, where assembly elections are due next month. Uttar Pradesh has 79.73 per cent of Hindu population, Muslim population is at 19.26 per cent, Christians are 0.18 per cent and Sikhs are at 0.32 per cent, according to the census.
“It’s not the Muslims that Yogi had talked about, I will give you the details of the 20%. This 20% consists 9 per cent of criminals and anti-social elements, 3.5% are land grabbers, 2% are those who commit atrocities against women, people who are pro-Pakistan are 2%, people who are against ‘Vande Mataram’ are 1.5%. These people consist of that 20 per cent,” said BJP’s Alok Vats on NDTV’s Trending Tonight show.
