Akhilesh Yadav also joined Moitra’s attack on ‘Bulldozer Bodhi’ and said: “Only those who have changed their names have changed their names.”
After TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Monday criticized UP CM Yogi Adityanath and called him a “Budhi bulldozer” for misattributing a famous quote at a rally in West Bengal, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also joined the conversation, saying: “Only those who have changed their names have had their names changed.”
Yadav’s remark appears to be an apparent comment on the renaming of places and institutions under Adityanath.
Meanwhile, Moitra, who targeted Adityanath in her post, wrote, “Hey bulldozer Bodhi @myogiadityanath, get your facts right. Netaji Subhash Bose said ‘give me blood and I will give you freedom’. Swami Vivekananda did not say that. Please go back to drinking Fanta in UP and leave Bengal alone. You are a joke.”
A video of UP CM Yogi Adityanath misattributing a quote was shared by TMC’s official handle on social media platform X.
“Yogi Adityanath has once again exposed @BJP4India’s shocking ignorance and disdain for Bengal’s history. He attributed the immortal line ‘Give me blood and I will give you freedom’ to Swami Vivekananda. He was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,” the post read.
“Two completely different icons. Two completely different heritages. Both are sons of Bengal. Both were insulted in one sentence by one man. They cannot differentiate between Swami Vivekananda and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. They have misattributed the quotes. They have decorated the statue of Swami Vivekananda while calling him Netaji. And yet these same people have the audacity to dream of building a ‘Bengali Sonar’. The depth of their ignorance is matched only by their arrogance.” Added on X.
West Bengal will hold voting in two phases – the first phase on April 23 and the second phase on April 29. The counting of votes for all polling states and union territories will be done on May 4, 2026 (Monday).
