Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav sparked controversy after he compared Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the same breath, saying all of them fought for India’s freedom. The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has faced a backlash from many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who said equating Sardar Patel with Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was an insult to the person who fought for the unity of the country.