Claim
Years ago, Mulayam Singh Yadav said that saffron/Hindutva politics is a very big threat to this country.
“कई साल पहले मुलायम सिंह यादव ने कहा था कि भगवा राजनीति या हिंदुत्ववादी राजनीति इस देश के लिए बहुत बड़ा खतरा है।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Mulayam Singh Yadav's decades-long opposition to the BJP and 'communal forces' is well documented, so the anchor's paraphrase is directionally consistent with his known politics. However, searches of fact-checkers (AltNews, BOOM, Factly, Newschecker) and news archives found no record of the specific statement that 'bhagwa/Hindutvavadi rajniti' is 'a very big threat to this country'. Fact-checks also show that viral Mulayam quotes on Hindutva are frequently clipped or distorted. Without a traceable primary source for the quoted statement, the claim cannot be verified as an actual utterance.
Evidence
- https://thewire.in/politics/mulayam-singh-yadav-socialist-credentials Describes Mulayam Singh Yadav as a lifelong political opponent of Hindutva politics, but does not record a specific quote calling saffron/Hindutva politics 'a very big threat to the country'. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/mulayam-singh-yadav-death-samajwadi-party-muslims-secularism-akhilesh-babri-masjid Documents his strong public stand against communalism and the BJP (e.g., Ayodhya 1990), consistent in spirit with the paraphrase, but no such specific statement is cited. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://factly.in/a-clipped-video-of-mulayam-singh-yadav-is-shared-claiming-that-he-made-anti-hindu-statements-in-parliament/ Factly fact-check shows Mulayam quotes about Hindutva/Hindus circulating online are often clipped or misattributed, underscoring the need for a specific sourced quote — none matching the anchor's claim was found. ✓ reachable · archived