File photo of the head of BSP Mayawati
In condemning the incident, BSP city chief Vimal Kumar and several other party workers said that the burning of Mayawati’s effigy was a strong violation of Section 144 of the CrPC, as well as a violation of faith. of the Dalits in the supreme party.
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People belonging to the Dalit community in Agra burned posters and effigies of the head of the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), Mayawati, on Thursday for her silence on the Hathras case that shook the entire nation. The BSP supreme considers Agra, a division with an important Dalit stronghold, “lucky” for her party and always makes sure to start her election campaigns with public meetings in the city of Taj.
In condemning the incident, BSP city chief Vimal Kumar and several other party workers said that the burning of Mayawati’s effigy was a strong violation of Section 144 of the CrPC, as well as a violation of faith. of the Dalits in the supreme party. Taking note of the complaint made by party leaders, the police registered a criminal case against several unidentified persons.
Jatav Mahapanchayat President Ramvir Singh Kardam strongly opposed Mayawati’s silence on the Hathras tragedy, saying that while several leaders of various other political parties have visited the victim’s family to support her, the head of the BSP He has “not even bothered” to meet the grieving family, India reported today. Kardam also said that while Dalits have great respect for Mayawati, it was very “disheartening” to see that she did not feel the same for the community.
“Mayawati has not even wanted to visit the home of the Dalit girl who was gang-raped by four upper caste men in Hathras,” he said, adding that Jatav Mahapanchayat was strongly against her silence on the case.
Days after members of the Dalit community dumped ink on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh during his visit to Hathras, Dalit leader and social activist Rajkumar Nagrath condemned the incident and called it “unacceptable” . He said that he had also personally sent a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind to ensure that the culprit was sent to jail and also asked him to remove Yogi Adityanath from the post of Prime Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Akhil Bhartiya Jat Mahasabha allegedly condemned the lathi charge against RLD Vice President Jayant Chowdhary, saying it was an “attack on the Jat community’s self-respect” and demanded action against the culprits. He also said that if no action was taken, the community would burn an effigy of UP CM Adityanath.
Social activist Deep Sharma alleged that with several states in the elections in the coming months, political leaders were taking advantage of the Hathras affair and trying to draw attention to the incident. He said that with Congress entering the fray in the Hathras incident and then with protests by farmers, the big party could have the upper hand in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh.
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