Why does Akhilesh play the Jinnah tune? Because of the same reason that we have always spelt out - that Pakistan is an idea and not a territory. The vote contractors of the Muslim community - the AMM class is deeply wedded to this idea, and it is completely unsurprising that Akhilesh wants to please the vote contractors. Demonising Savarkar is the other side of this coin. Sanjay Dixit analyses the statement, its motivations, and its repercussions.
