NEW DELHI: A day after heated debate over former Union minister Anurag Thakur‘s caste comment in Parliament, Samajwadi Celebration chief Akhilesh Yadav, with out immediately naming the Bharatiya Janata Celebration, Yadav accused them of caste-based discrimination.
Whereas addressing the reporters, Akhilesh recalled cases and alleged that he confronted opposition and discrimination from sure societal forces resulting from his caste identification.
“This subject of caste isn’t a brand new one; it is vitally outdated. I do not wish to delve into these issues. You might be our colleagues who keep watch over every thing. There was a time within the Uttar Pradesh meeting when there was a whole lot of dialogue concerning a sure matter. I keep in mind after I went to go to a temple, there have been some forces in society that didn’t need me to carry out rituals,” he mentioned.
“I urge you to attempt to perceive who these forces in society are that have been stopping somebody from performing rituals at the moment,” he added.
The Samajwadi Celebration chief additionally referred to an incident the place BJP staff cleaned the Gauri Shanker Mahadev Mandir in Kannauj with Gangajal after his go to.
“I can always remember the day when the chief minister’s residence was washed with Ganga water. Can any conscious, wise particular person clarify to me how a Chief Minister’s home could be cleaned with Ganga water? Throughout the Lok Sabha elections in Mainpuri, I noticed that many individuals had washed a statue. Even when I overlook all this stuff for a second, after that, I went to a temple in Kannauj the place I had gone for the primary time after successful the election, and the temple was washed after my go to,” he mentioned.
Yadav criticized BJP MP Anurag Thakur for his caste-related remarks directed at Rahul Gandhi throughout a Union Price range dialogue within the Lok Sabha. Yadav prompt that Thakur was instructed to make such feedback to safe a ministerial place. Gandhi accused Thakur of insulting and abusing him in the course of the debate however acknowledged that he wouldn’t demand an apology.
“The member is a senior face of an enormous social gathering, he has been a minister. A lot of points have been raised within the Home, we now have spoken about Mahabharata, too, right here, however I’ve a query .. How will you ask anyone’s caste?” the Samajwadi Celebration chief had mentioned within the Parliament.
Whereas addressing the reporters, Akhilesh recalled cases and alleged that he confronted opposition and discrimination from sure societal forces resulting from his caste identification.
“This subject of caste isn’t a brand new one; it is vitally outdated. I do not wish to delve into these issues. You might be our colleagues who keep watch over every thing. There was a time within the Uttar Pradesh meeting when there was a whole lot of dialogue concerning a sure matter. I keep in mind after I went to go to a temple, there have been some forces in society that didn’t need me to carry out rituals,” he mentioned.
“I urge you to attempt to perceive who these forces in society are that have been stopping somebody from performing rituals at the moment,” he added.
The Samajwadi Celebration chief additionally referred to an incident the place BJP staff cleaned the Gauri Shanker Mahadev Mandir in Kannauj with Gangajal after his go to.
“I can always remember the day when the chief minister’s residence was washed with Ganga water. Can any conscious, wise particular person clarify to me how a Chief Minister’s home could be cleaned with Ganga water? Throughout the Lok Sabha elections in Mainpuri, I noticed that many individuals had washed a statue. Even when I overlook all this stuff for a second, after that, I went to a temple in Kannauj the place I had gone for the primary time after successful the election, and the temple was washed after my go to,” he mentioned.
Yadav criticized BJP MP Anurag Thakur for his caste-related remarks directed at Rahul Gandhi throughout a Union Price range dialogue within the Lok Sabha. Yadav prompt that Thakur was instructed to make such feedback to safe a ministerial place. Gandhi accused Thakur of insulting and abusing him in the course of the debate however acknowledged that he wouldn’t demand an apology.
“The member is a senior face of an enormous social gathering, he has been a minister. A lot of points have been raised within the Home, we now have spoken about Mahabharata, too, right here, however I’ve a query .. How will you ask anyone’s caste?” the Samajwadi Celebration chief had mentioned within the Parliament.
