Adityanath, in an indirect reference to the green flags of IUML, made a comparison with pre-Independence Muslim League and alleged that the Muslim League had once led to Partition of the country.
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for calling the party a ‘virus’.
“We met ECI to file a complaint in regards to claims made by UP CM and by Delhi MLA MS Sirsa. They called us terrorists, virus and all kind of things. BJP troll army is behind it. We have asked EC to file FIR, they are going to look into the matter and immediately respond to us,” IUML national secretary Khorram Anis Omer was quoted as saying by ANI.
Responding to the controversy surrounding the waving of “green flags” during Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Wayanad, Omer said, “There has been a controversy going on about Pakistani flags being waved at Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Wayanad, Kerala, which is false and misleading, and is an attempt to malign both parties.”
The IUML has long been a Congress ally, and is part of the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala. The IUML has 18 MLAs in the current Kerala House, and had 20 members in the 2011 Assembly. The IUML has long been recognised by the Election Commission of India as a state party in Kerala.
Several BJP supporters have equated the IUML’s flag to that of Pakistan and raised questions about the support of the IUML to the Congress president in Kerala’s Wayanad constituency.
The IUML’s flag has a white crescent and star at the top left corner of rectangular green, and is clearly very different from the flag of Pakistan, which has a broad white strip to the left of a square green patch. The white crescent and star in the Pakistani flag is much bigger, and sits in the middle of the green.