Budaun: Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Minister Gulab Devi on Thursday known as Samajwadi Party chief Swami Prasad Maurya, who demanded a ban on a portion of Shri Ramcharitmanas, to demon king ‘Ravan’. The minister made the comment in a press convention throughout her go to to the facilities for the UP Board Examination. “Even Ravan did not believe in Ramcharitmanas,” Gulab Devi stated including, “But Ravan had Ram in his coronary heart. He went to heaven however what was his situation earlier than that?”
“Ramcharitmanas is a scripture filled with qualities of humanity. It is a query of our religion,” the UP minister said. “There is an vacancy within the hearts of those that don’t imagine this. They are criticising Ramcharitmanas to make their politics shine,” she stated.
Swami Prasad Maurya, a Legislative Council member and a distinguished OBC face of the Samajwadi Party, had in an announcement final month demanded a ban on a couplet from Shri Ramcharitmanas, terming it “derogatory” in the direction of Dalits and ladies.
Referring to the Kanpur Dehat incident the place a lady and her daughter immolated themselves throughout an anti-encroachment drive, the minister stated, “it was heart-wrenching.” “There should be no politics on this. One should sympathise with the survivors of the victim’s family. The government should compensate them. Action is being taken against the culprits,” she stated.
Despite his criticism over his remarks, Maurya remained defiant and stated, “I will continue to oppose the conspiracies of insulting tribals, Dalits, backwards and women in the name of religion. The way an elephant is unperturbed by barking dogs and does not change its path, I too will not change my stance towards getting dignity for those (tribals, Dalits, backwards and women).” He was later appointed basic secretary of the Samajwadi Party, which evoked a pointy assault from the BJP.
Recently, a video exhibiting a scuffle between the supporters of Ayodhya seer Mahant Raju Das and Samajwadi Party chief Swami Maurya at a five-star resort in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow surfaced on social media.
The viral video confirmed supporters of Samajwadi Party chief and Ayodhya’s Hanuman Garhi Mahant Raju Das jostling and preventing with one another throughout an occasion organised by a personal TV information channel.
