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Hans India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
You promote Sharia law, BJP talks Constitution: Gaurav Bhatia slams Tejashwi Yadav over Waqf law remark
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia launched a scathing attack on RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during a Press conference held at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi accusing him of promoting Sharia law and undermining the Constitution. Bhatia criticised Yadav's remarks on the Waqf Amendment Act and accused him and his party of disrespecting the Constitution and promoting communal politics. Addressing the media, Bhatia said, "Those in Bihar who call themselves Samajwadis are, in reality, 'Namazwadis.' These 'Namazwadis' do not want Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution. They neither respect nor uphold it. What they truly want is Sharia law. They support practices like 'halal' and believe that only one particular religion should be empowered." "If someone is opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of empowering Dalits, women, and backward communities, then it wouldn't be wrong to say that it's the RJD and Tejashwi Yadav," he claimed. Referring directly to Tejashwi Yadav's reported comment about discarding the Waqf Amendment Act, Bhatia said, "The BJP will talk about the Constitution, while you promote Sharia. It is sad the way former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that the law passed by the Indian Parliament, the Waqf Amendment law, he will put it in the dustbin. Please tell me, did you ever read the Constitution? Do you even know the fundamental rules of the Constitution? A law that is passed in Parliament, approved by the Parliament, how can you even say that a state leader can throw it into the dustbin?" He added, "This matter is already reserved in the Supreme Court. I want to ask Tejashwi ji, why is your behaviour so intolerant?" Bhatia went on to compare the current RJD leadership with what he described as the era of 'Jungle Raj' under Lalu Prasad Yadav. "'Jungle Raj' is just like Lalu and Tejashwi, the first rule of 'jungle raj' is that the Constitution and the law are torn apart. Dr. Ambedkar's Constitution is shredded and that is exactly what Tejashwi Yadav is doing while being in the Opposition. It is now clear that even though elections haven't been announced yet, what's on the minds of RJD, Tejashwi Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav? They want to play communal politics." Concluding his remarks, Bhatia said the people of Bihar will reject such politics: "Bihar's people will ensure that those who talk about putting a law in the dustbin and insult Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, their communal politics will be put in the dustbin instead."
Hindustan Times
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
JPNIC row: Ideologically attached to project...willing to take it, says Akhilesh
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said his party was ready to take Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC), located in the state capital, if the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to sell it. The project, which houses state-of-the-art amenities, was built during the SP regime in the state. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (File) 'We, Samajwadis, are ready to take JPNIC if the government wants to sell it. We're ready to pay the price that any businessman will pay for it. Not just emotionally, but we're also ideologically attached to JPNIC. It houses state-of-the-art facilities: the museum built in the memory of Jai Prakash ji is one of its kind in the entire country. We will accept donations, pool money but will surely like to take the project if the government wants to sell it,' the former chief minister told reporters at the party headquarters here on Tuesday. 'Kisan Bazar [also in Lucknow], which was built for farmers, is now known for cafes. The hotel on the premises was sold to a businessman. The BJP government is not creating any assets but only selling the ones that were created by previous governments,' added Yadav. Speaking about the action against SP member Gulshan Yadav, from Pratapgarh, who had contested elections against Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya in 2022 assembly elections, the SP chief said: 'False cases are being registered against him. The ones behind this will lose elections for sure. Though, this is not the right time, but I would like to say that the action taken by the BSP government against such people...I should not have changed it at all.' On the issue of defence manufacturing in Jhansi and Bundelkhand region, Yadav attacked the BJP government and stated, 'Not even a cracker has been manufactured in that region and they spoke about manufacturing defence equipment. Had the manufacturing started on time, then today we would not have been buying defence equipment from other countries.' The SP chief also alleged that the 'wrong' name of a criminal killed in a police encounter in Agra was propagated just to defame a certain caste. 'It was only after our objection that news channels, which were running the wrong name, apologized for their mistake,' said Yadav. The SP chief, earlier, held a meeting with SP Mazdoor Sabha. 'Our Mazdoor Sabha people have pledged today to defeat BJP in 2027 assembly polls. The government is exploiting labourers more than our farmers. The government is unable to address the issues of our labourers,' stated the SP Chief. Reacting to the allegations, state minister for labour and employment, Anil Rajbhar said, 'SP leaders are misguiding 2004 and 2007, it was kind of a famine which our labourers had to face during the SP regime. Now the same SP is talking about labourers. Today, in UP we have a government which is sensitive towards the issue of labourers. Our government will ensure that the son of a labourer will become a doctor, engineer and officer. Today we are running 10 schemes for the labourers in the state.'
