NEW DELHI: A number of BJP functionaries and allies from Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh have rallied behind Uttar Pradesh govt’s directive requiring eateries alongside the Kanwar Yatra path to show their homeowners’ names.
Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi from Bihar on Saturday defended the UP order, asserting that he noticed “nothing flawed” with the directive. “What’s the hurt if individuals concerned in companies are requested to show their names and addresses prominently?” mentioned Manjhi, founding father of Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S), an NDA companion.
Nonetheless, BJP’s allies in Bihar, together with chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and Union minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Occasion (Ram Vilas), criticised the order.Manjhi argued that “displaying store homeowners’ names helps patrons find favorite stalls” and shouldn’t be seen via a spiritual lens.
In Madhya Pradesh, BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola wrote to CM Mohan Yadav, advocating for the same coverage within the state. Mendola argued on Saturday that such identify shows would foster wholesome competitors and enhance service high quality.
“The identify of an individual is his id. Asking for the identify is the correct of the shopper and the shopkeeper needs to be proud to inform his identify, and never be ashamed of it,” he wrote.
MP Congress spokesperson Mithun Ahirwar opposed Mendola’s demand, labelling it “politics of hate” and expressing considerations over its affect on Dalit meals distributors. “Dalits who’re within the meals preparation system are sometimes checked out with prejudice,” opposition Congress wrote in a letter to the CM, highlighted cases the place Dalits confronted discrimination, akin to kids refusing mid-day meals ready by Dalit girls and a younger man promoting biryani being assaulted when it was found he was a Dalit.
UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya backed the directive, accusing the opposition of appeasement politics. “Relatively than criticising the yatra, the opposition ought to take part in it and purge themselves of all their sins,” he mentioned Saturday.
Kanwar Yatra is an annual pilgrimage the place devotees, often called Kanwariyas, journey to gather water from the Ganga to supply at Shiva temples of their hometowns and villages.
“The yatra is related to the feelings of crores of devotees…” Maurya mentioned and dismissed opposition criticisms as missing “cause and imaginative and prescient”.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey urged Jharkhand govt to mandate identify shows for enterprise institutions through the Shravan truthful in Deoghar, aligning with the UP directive.
Dubey argued that the order is non-discriminatory and constitutionally sound. “Within the first place, this legislation was made by the earlier Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati governments. Since BJP respects the legislation of the land, it is just implementing it. What’s unconstitutional about it? The order covers all… Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians. Does it differentiate between any particular caste and faith?” he mentioned.
Jharkhand Congress spokesperson Rakesh Sinha accused BJP of exploiting non secular politics to divide individuals. “JMM-Congress-RJD’s coalition govt believes in inclusivity not like BJP. It should inform the individuals why it believes in doing politics utilizing faith?” he mentioned.
(With inputs from Madan Kumar in Patna; Suchandana Gupta & Sagar Choukse in Bhopal/Indore; Rajeev Mani in Prayagraj; ASRP Mukesh in Ranchi)
Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi from Bihar on Saturday defended the UP order, asserting that he noticed “nothing flawed” with the directive. “What’s the hurt if individuals concerned in companies are requested to show their names and addresses prominently?” mentioned Manjhi, founding father of Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S), an NDA companion.
Nonetheless, BJP’s allies in Bihar, together with chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and Union minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Occasion (Ram Vilas), criticised the order.Manjhi argued that “displaying store homeowners’ names helps patrons find favorite stalls” and shouldn’t be seen via a spiritual lens.
In Madhya Pradesh, BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola wrote to CM Mohan Yadav, advocating for the same coverage within the state. Mendola argued on Saturday that such identify shows would foster wholesome competitors and enhance service high quality.
“The identify of an individual is his id. Asking for the identify is the correct of the shopper and the shopkeeper needs to be proud to inform his identify, and never be ashamed of it,” he wrote.
MP Congress spokesperson Mithun Ahirwar opposed Mendola’s demand, labelling it “politics of hate” and expressing considerations over its affect on Dalit meals distributors. “Dalits who’re within the meals preparation system are sometimes checked out with prejudice,” opposition Congress wrote in a letter to the CM, highlighted cases the place Dalits confronted discrimination, akin to kids refusing mid-day meals ready by Dalit girls and a younger man promoting biryani being assaulted when it was found he was a Dalit.
UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya backed the directive, accusing the opposition of appeasement politics. “Relatively than criticising the yatra, the opposition ought to take part in it and purge themselves of all their sins,” he mentioned Saturday.
Kanwar Yatra is an annual pilgrimage the place devotees, often called Kanwariyas, journey to gather water from the Ganga to supply at Shiva temples of their hometowns and villages.
“The yatra is related to the feelings of crores of devotees…” Maurya mentioned and dismissed opposition criticisms as missing “cause and imaginative and prescient”.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey urged Jharkhand govt to mandate identify shows for enterprise institutions through the Shravan truthful in Deoghar, aligning with the UP directive.
Dubey argued that the order is non-discriminatory and constitutionally sound. “Within the first place, this legislation was made by the earlier Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati governments. Since BJP respects the legislation of the land, it is just implementing it. What’s unconstitutional about it? The order covers all… Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians. Does it differentiate between any particular caste and faith?” he mentioned.
Jharkhand Congress spokesperson Rakesh Sinha accused BJP of exploiting non secular politics to divide individuals. “JMM-Congress-RJD’s coalition govt believes in inclusivity not like BJP. It should inform the individuals why it believes in doing politics utilizing faith?” he mentioned.
(With inputs from Madan Kumar in Patna; Suchandana Gupta & Sagar Choukse in Bhopal/Indore; Rajeev Mani in Prayagraj; ASRP Mukesh in Ranchi)
