Amid the row over his feedback on Ramcharitmanas, Samajwadi Occasion MLC Swami Prasad Maurya met occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday.
In line with the folks accustomed to the matter, they mentioned the caste-based survey within the assembly which lasted over an hour.
Breaking the silence over Maurya’s controversial assertion on Ramcharitmanas, Yadav indicted solidarity with Maurya and made a fierce assault on the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) saying “BJP folks take into account Dalits as Shudra…They take into account us backwards and Dalits as Shudras (untouchable).”
Final week, Maurya sparked controversy for his assertion that the phrases in Ramcharitmanas, a poem primarily based on the epic Ramayana, had been hurting the emotions of the Dalit group and demanded a ban on it.
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A case was registered in opposition to Maurya on this matter.
Yadav’s assertion got here in after Maurya known as on him. “The BJP folks have an issue in our going to ‘their’ non secular locations and why we search blessings from sant-mahatamas,” Yadav stated.
To a direct query on his stand on Maurya, Yadav stated, “I’ve requested him (Maurya) to take ahead the work on caste census.”
When requested about Yadav’s stand on his assertion on Ramacharitmanas, Maurya stated “Akhilesh ji is the nationwide president of the occasion. He’ll make an announcement on the acceptable time”.
On the caste census within the state, Maurya stated that he’ll write to the central authorities in regards to the caste census. The Samajwadi Occasion has been demanding a caste-based survey within the state.
“To offer justice to the SC [Sheduled Castes], ST [Scheduled Tribes] and Backward Courses of this nation, the occasion will demand a caste-based census to begin with. For this, we’ll write a letter to the central authorities”, he stated.
Maurya, a former UP cupboard minister and outstanding OBC chief joined the Samajwadi Occasion in January final yr forward of the essential 2024 parliamentary polls.