Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday hit back at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s jibe “the cap is red but the deeds are black”, saying no colour is good or bad, it is about perspective. He said those who lack love, harmony and goodwill in their lives often have a grudge against the colour red.
Yadav discussed the issue of colours and their significance in detail in a post on X. His comments came a day after Adityanath said, “Everyone is aware of SP’s misdeeds. If you turn the pages, you will find that SP’s history is full of black deeds. SP’s cap is ‘red’ but its deeds are ‘black’. They are repeating their history.”
Question Hour of the People’s Parliament
Question –
What could be the reasons for getting angry on seeing red and black colour? Mark two points each.
Answer –
Colours have a deep connection with the mind and psychology. If someone likes a particular colour, there are special psychological reasons for it…
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 30, 2024
Akhilesh Yadav said, “Question hour of the people’s parliament! Question – What could be the reasons for getting angry on seeing red and black colour? Mark two points each. Answer – Colours have a deep relation with the mind and psychology. If a colour is particularly liked by someone, then there are special psychological reasons for it and if someone gets angry on seeing a colour, then there are some negative psychological reasons for that too.”
He defined red and black colours in detail and said, “With reference to the colours ‘red’ and ‘black’ in question, respectively, the reasons for this could be as follows: ‘Red colour’ is a symbol of union. Those who lack love, union and harmony in their lives often have an ill-will towards this colour.”
Regarding the red colour, the SP leader said, “Red is the colour symbolizing power, that is why this colour has a positive relation with many revered powers, but those who think that their own power is the greatest, consider the red colour as a challenge. In this context, this psychological myth also became popular that this is the reason why even a powerful bull gets enraged on seeing the red colour.”
Later, while explaining the colour black, he said, “‘Black colour’ is particularly positive in Indian contexts, such as the ‘black’ tilak applied to the children of the family to protect them from the evil eye and the use of black beads in the mangalsutra, a symbol of marital bliss. Those who lack the element of motherhood or good fortune in their lives, psychologically develop an aversion towards the colour black. In the West, black colour has been a symbol of ‘negative forces’ and politics, such as the black cap of dictatorial fascists. When the fascist ideology, which was against humanity and kindness, reached other countries, it also had a black cap on its head. The colour of negativity and despair is also considered to be black, so those whose political thinking flourishes on black thoughts like ‘fear’ and ‘distrust’, they roam around with it on their heads.”
He further said, “The truth is that every colour is derived from nature and positive people do not consider any colour to be negative. Instead of positive diversity towards colours, we should have multicoloured harmony towards those who have a negative view of disintegration and division because this is not their fault but the ill effect of their narrow monochrome dominant thinking. To change the minds and hearts of such people, one only needs to explain that ‘only after the dark night of black there is significance of a reddish morning’, this mutual colour-relationship brings hope and enthusiasm in life.”
The former Chief Minister concluded by saying, “Good or bad is not a colour; it is a point of view.”
