Uttar Pradesh police have subpoenaed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker Sanjay Singh to record his statement after adding charges including sedition to a First Information Report (FIR) filed on September 1 against him and the directors of an agency hired to conduct a survey based on the state’s alleged caste via prerecorded voice calls.
Singh, who is a member of the Rajya Sabha, reiterated his willingness to face the investigation and said he will visit Lucknow on Sunday to surrender. He added that 63% of the people surveyed called the caste government and 29% did not. “In UP [Uttar Pradesh], the cases of rape, murder, loot increase every day. Aren’t the people who do all this anti-national or am I anti-national for raising people’s voices against these issues? “
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He criticized the Uttar Pradesh government for the politically motivated case, adding that it has come forward against it for raising its voice to oppose the alleged atrocities committed against Brahmins and Dalits.
“Every section and community is unhappy with the Yogi [Adityanath] government. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party]The government led by Shri Yogi Adityanath is torturing the people of the Brahmin community. Atrocities are being committed against the people of the Maurya, Nishad, Bind, Kashyap, Jaat, Gujjar, Valmiki, Kurmi, Yadav and other communities ”.
He added that he has also raised the problem of “massive corruption” of the government in the purchase of Covid-19 kits. “I have shown how the Yogi government is buying an 800 rupee oximeter for 5000 rupees and looting people. Similarly, the thermometer which is available locally for Rs 1,600 was bought for Rs 13,000 and I pointed out how in the time of Corona the Yogi government was committing corruption. “
He said that the businessman Indrakant Tripathi in Mahoba produced a voice recording exposing how the district magistrate (DM) and the police superintendent (SP) were allegedly trying to extort Rs 5 lakh from him. “When the SP and the DM found out that Shri Tripathi couldn’t pay, the SP himself met him and threatened to kill him if he didn’t pay the money. Shri Tripathi was so scared that he made a video a week before his death where he urged … Adityanath to give him protection. Shri Tripathi asked the CM [chief minister]support and described how the SP and DM are threatening him. But no action was taken. A few days ago, he died after suffering a gunshot wound in Uttar Pradesh for not paying the extortion money. “
Singh said he exposed government corruption and unmasked it. “They first registered a case in TI [Information Technology] I take action, but when I raised the issue of corruption in Rajya Sabha, the Yogi government brought up the sedition case yesterday. [Friday] night against me “.
The FIR was initially registered in Lucknow against unidentified persons under section 501-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which refers to “print or recorded material known to be defamatory” in this case to Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath and under the Information Technology Act for “Misuse of Electronic Communication.”
Singh accepted his participation in the survey via a tweet on September 2 and said he was willing to face an investigation.
Anjani Pandey, the inspector in charge of Lucknow’s Hazratganj Police Station, charges of sedition have been added under section 124-A of the IPC during the course of the investigation along with 153-A (promoting enmity between different castes) and 153-B (imputations). , claims harmful to national integration). He said the names of Singh and the directors of private agencies involved in the survey have been included in the FIR after their role emerged during the investigation. He said Singh has been sent a notice to appear before the police to record his statement.
BJP spokesman Harish Srivastava said those who have done nothing need not fear. “But those who want to divide society along caste lines or fan communal passions to gain a foothold must fear the law that will take its own course against these people.”
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