Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday took a swipe on the Opposition grouping saying altering the title is not going to “change your game”. The firebrand BJP chief stated that utilizing the title I.N.D.I.A, an acronym for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, is not going to “end the divisive thinking and anti-India vision”.

The Congress-led grouping of opposition events and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has been buying and selling barbs over the newly adopted alliance title by the previous.

“Even if the crow names itself swan, it will not be able to pick the pearl,” Yogi Adityanath stated in a tweet in Hindi.

“Changing the name will not change their basic nature. Just by using the name INDIA, the divisive thinking and anti-India vision created in the soul and culture will not end,” he stated.

In one other tweet, the chief minister stated, “Changing your name will not change your game! It’s INDIA Vs I.N.D.I.A.”

PM Modi’s assault on opposition

Adityanath’s swipe on the opposition events comes hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi derided the grouping as essentially the most directionless the nation had ever seen and cited reviled names comparable to East India Company and Indian Mujahideen to claim that individuals can’t be misled merely by means of the nation’s title.

The prime minister cited the historical past of a number of organisations, together with some banned extremist and terror outfits utilizing the nation’s title, and panned the grouping as a group of corrupt leaders and events.

Even the Indian National Congress, the primary opposition social gathering, was named so by an Englishman A O Hume, he stated, in line with a PTI report.

Reacting to his remarks, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated “call us whatever you want”, however “we are INDIA” and can rebuild the concept of India in Manipur.

Speaking within the Rajya Sabha, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated whereas “we are talking about Manipur, which is burning”, the prime minister is “talking about East India (Company) and saying INDIA means East India (Company)”.