By Santu Das New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today found support for his much criticised 'tongue-in-cheek' statement on the surgical strikes from an unexpected quarter -- his staunch critic Yogendra Yadav, who had been turned out from the AAP following his strong differences with the AAP national convenor on the functioning of the organisation and formed his own political outfit 'Swaraj India'. In an interview to UNI, Mr Yadav said, "I didn't find anything anti-national about what he was saying in the video message posted on Twitter. I saw the entire video and have come to a conclusion that Mr Kejriwal was using the occasion for saluting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but at the same time his question pushed Mr Modi back on the issue." Mr Kejriwal in his video had asked the Prime Minister to unmask the propaganda of Pakistan who said the surgical strike had not taken place at all. The video was taken by the ruling BJP as an indirect questioning of the Army's action. "It was tongue-in-cheek statement of the Chief Minister which was not in great taste. But to conclude that he was anti-national and supporting the Pakistan was wrong," the chief of Swaraj India party said. Attacking the BJP and Congress both, he said the entire matter of surgical strikes had been very poorly handed by the political establishments. Mr Yadav added, "Congress party has used the issue to score petty political points and the ruling BJP is brazenly using it for election propaganda for the upcoming Assembly polls of Uttar Pradesh. "I don't know how successful the operations were but in the reactions to surgical strikes, the political establishment of the country has come out in very poor light and in this case, India has lost." On contesting 2017 Assembly polls in Punjab and MCD elections in Delhi, the former AAP leader said, "Swaraj India is yet to take a formal decision whether to contest polls or not. Presidium, as the highest decision making body of the party, will decide on October 14 during its maiden meeting regarding contesting of elections." He said his party will not contest merely to spoil the game of other political parties. On transparency and accountability, Mr Yadav said his party has voluntarily decided to come under the RTI Act. Adding, he had earlier urged Mr Kejriwal while he was in AAP to bring the party under it but he didn't listen. On formation of Swaraj India, he said, "Democracy is centred around politics and if you want to transform a democratic country then you have no option except to do politics." UNI DS SW RSA 1745