Delhi, India, November 13 stories (HBTV): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday reacted to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's recent attack on him, saying the latter should be angry at the Hyderabad Nizam whose "Razakars burnt your village".

"These days Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is unnecessarily getting angry at me. He is furious. Kharge ji, don't get angry at me, I respect your age. If you want to get angry, get angry at the Hyderabad Nizam. The Hyderabad Nizam's Razakars burned your village, brutally killed Hindus, and burnt your respected mother, sister, and your family members. Present this truth before the country that whenever they will be divided, they will be divided in the same brutal manner," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

On Sunday, Kharge made an indirect reference to Yogi Adityanath, saying some people who "live in the guise of sadhus" have become politicians.

The Razakars were a paramilitary force formed by the erstwhile Nawab of Hyderabad before Independence to resist its integration with India.

Yogi Adityanath claimed the Congress, which was "greedy for power", agreed to the Partition of India because it was under the influence of "the Muslim gang". 

(Agencies)