NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief and Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav on Friday attacked divisive forces as he pointed out that those looking for temples under mosques don’t want peace. He said this while participating in the discussion in Lok Sabha on the Constitution, a day after the Supreme Court paused ongoing surveys of places of worship, including mosques.
During his half-an-hour long speech, Yadav also referred to the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal last month over the survey of a mosque in which several people died. The Samajwadi Party chief said that the BJP does not respect Indian voters, adding that voters in Uttar Pradesh were not allowed to vote in the Lok Sabha elections, alleging that they were stopped by the police.
The SP leader further noted that the Constitution has kept India secure and united and is the soul of democracy. Speaking during the discussion, he raised doubts on the security along the borders, state of economy and internal safety of citizens.
Referring to the alleged Chinese transgressions, he said India’s borders are shrinking.
Yadav said efforts are being made to make the country’s 20 crore minorities, especially Muslims, second-class citizens.
“Caste census will bridge gap among castes. Whenever we get the opportunity, we will conduct caste census,” he said.
“Without economic justice, neither social nor political justice can be achieved. By taking undue advantage of poverty, the government of wealthy businessmen distributes money in elections, thereby hijacking political justice,” he said further, while attacking the government.
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, while speaking in the discussion, blamed the BJP government for neglecting the crisis in Manipur. He mentioned about the crimes against women committed in the troubled state. “The constitutional rights of Manipur citizens have been violated,” he charged.
Banerjee also referred to the brutal rape and murder case in a Kolkata hospital in August and said that after the CBI took over the case, there has been very little progress in it, whereas in other similar cases being probed by the West Bengal government, the accused have been prosecuted on time.