Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj from Machhlishahr, Jaunpur, has also reacted to the ongoing verbal dispute between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Aniruddhacharya Maharaj.
UP Politics: In Uttar Pradesh politics, a controversy has once again flared up regarding an old viral video of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Aniruddhacharya Maharaj. Now, SP MP Priya Saroj from Machhlishahr, Jaunpur, has also come forward openly in this dispute. She has directly targeted Baba Aniruddhacharya through social media platform X (formerly Twitter), making a significant statement.
What is the whole matter?
Actually, in the past few days, an old video of Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav and religious preacher Aniruddhacharya Maharaj went viral on social media. In this video, Akhilesh Yadav was seen asking Aniruddhacharya Maharaj during a public event what name Mother Yashoda first called Lord Krishna.
In response, Aniruddhacharya Maharaj said that Mother Yashoda called him 'Kanhaiya'. In response to this, Akhilesh Yadav jokingly said, "Many congratulations, now our path diverges from here." Along with this, Akhilesh also advised Aniruddhacharya Maharaj to avoid using the word 'Shudra'.
Priya Saroj flared up over Aniruddhacharya Maharaj's comment
After this video went viral, Aniruddhacharya Maharaj recently linked this dispute to Muslims. In his discourse, he said that a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh tells me that our path is different. I gave the same answer that is the truth. He does not say to Muslims that your path is different and ours is different. With them, he says that your path is the same as our path.
After this statement, SP MP Priya Saroj gave a b reaction. Along with a picture of Aniruddhacharya Maharaj, she wrote on X: "When a Baba fails to tell the name of Krishna Ji, he tries to spoil the atmosphere of the country and the state by linking the name of the National President of SP with Hindu-Muslims to improve his image. This is what they teach in their sermons."
Debate intensified on social media
After this statement of Priya Saroj, the debate has intensified on social media. Some users called it a "voice of truth and courage," while some people called it an inappropriate comment against the saint community. In political circles, it is being seen as a direct attack by the SP MP on Aniruddhacharya Maharaj. Priya Saroj also hinted that बातें बातें that divide society from religious platforms are against democracy and the unity of Indian culture.
This controversy is heating up at a time when the buzz for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections has started. The Samajwadi Party has been consistently accusing the BJP and its supporting organizations of religious polarization. In such a situation, Aniruddhacharya Maharaj's recent statement on the pretext of this old video of Akhilesh Yadav is being seen as a political weapon.
