Controversy over SP’s Ramcharitmanas ploy to stay relevant: UP BJP chief

Last Update: February 07, 2023, 20:02 IST

Chowdhary claimed that such comments are being made as the opposition party has no agenda left. (Twitter/@BhupendraupBJP)

BJP’s Uttar Pradesh chief Bhupendra Singh Chowdhary on Tuesday termed SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya’s remarks on Ramcharitmanas as “absurd rhetoric” and claimed that such comments are being made as the opposition party has no agenda left. .

BJP’s Uttar Pradesh chief Bhupendra Singh Chowdhary on Tuesday termed SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya’s remarks on Ramcharitmanas as “absurd rhetoric” and claimed that such comments are being made as the opposition party has no agenda left. .

Maurya, a general secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP), recently courted controversy when he alleged that some verses of the Ramcharitmanas – a popular version of the Ramayana written by Tulsidas – “insulted” a large section of society on the basis of caste. ” We do. and demanded a ban on those passages in the text.

There is a BJP government at the center headed by the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi And in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and we come to the government with an agenda of development,” he said.

We are working for the development of the country and the state. Since the opposition has no issue, they indulge in ‘unravel babble’.

On Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and ‘Haath Se Hath Jodo’ campaigns and whether they will affect the upcoming elections in the country, he said, “In a democracy, everyone has the right to speak their mind and have their say.” Right. Voice.” “They have the right to campaign, but I don’t see any role for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh,” said the state BJP chief.

The Kanyakumari-Kashmir Yatra, which concluded in Srinagar on January 30, covered Ghaziabad, Baghpat and Shamli in the Uttar Pradesh leg. The march started from the southern end of India On 7 September.

Asked about Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remark that caste does not exist before God and the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Commenting on the caste system, Chowdhary said that SP is “the biggest casteist and ‘parivarist’ party”.

He said, ‘Seeing the history of SP, their caste and their family is their priority. Whenever SP got a chance to form the government, it could not go beyond caste and community.

Referring to the formation of SP in 1992, the BJP leader today said that in 30-31 years, this party could not see beyond Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav.

He said that Akhilesh Yadav has two uncles. He said that Ram Gopal Yadav is the Principal General Secretary of the party while Shivpal Yadav is the General Secretary.

SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav had passed away in October last year.

Certainly SP’s politics is casteist and dynastic. They do not move beyond the politics of this family. In his government also his family, caste and Saifai were priorities.

On Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati’s allegation of collusion between the BJP and the SP over Hindu-Muslim differences, Chowdhary said, “Our priority is the poor and the weak. BJP does not do caste politics. Everyone knows the Prime Minister’s resolve of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’.” He also challenged the SP and other opposition parties to prove that there was any discrimination in the beneficial schemes run by the BJP at the Center or in Uttar Pradesh. Was it or not.

He said, “Whatever schemes used to happen in their (opposition) governments, only a particular section of the society used to get benefits. There is no discrimination in any of our schemes and the government is committed to the development of the last person with a transparent system.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP chief backed the BJP government in Assam to initiate action against child marriage “within the limits of law”.

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