The election discourse for the 2022Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has begun heating up. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav named Mohammad Ali Jinah who was instrumental in creating Pakistan as part of India's Independence from the British, as a freedom fighter This statement was seized upon by incumbent Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who said that this revealed the 'separatist' or 'divisive' mindset of Yadav.