Lucknow, March 24 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, on Sunday, defended his party's Rajya Sabha member Ramji Lal Suman over his controversial remarks in the Upper House on Mewar ruler Rana Sanga, saying that if Bharatiya Janata Party leaders can revisit history to discuss Aurangzeb, then he (Suman) has also just mentioned a page from history.
Suman sparked a controversy in the Rajya Sabha on March 21 by calling Rana Sanga a "traitor" and saying that Hindus are his descendants.
The BJP slammed Yadav for supporting Suman's remarks, saying it was an insult to the entire Hindu community. The ruling party accused Yadav of indulging in appeasement and said his remarks reflect the "anti-Hindu" mindset of the Samajwadi Party.
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