The Bharatiya Janata Party organized state-wide protest to oppose Samajwadi Party Government decision to allow 20 per cent quota in development schemes saying Akhilesh Yadav has crossed all limits to appease Muslims.
In the state capital the protest was led by party’s state president Dr laxmi Kant Bajpai who said by dividing Hindus and Muslims on development plank was the worst decision of this government. "How can a welfare state allow reservation in benefits in development programmes on religious linesIJ This is atrocious. This shows the mentality of the Government," Bajpai said while addressing party workers.
He said the state government has taken this decision keeping in mind coming lok Sabha elections. The Government is harsh on Hindus but is very soft on Muslims, he said. The BJP workers then marched to the GPO and handed over a memorandum to the ACM-I demanding immediate withdrawal of this controversial order.
In Gorakhpur the firebrand party MP Yogi Adityanath led the protest. He declared that the party will not allow its implementation and he would raise the issue in the parliament too. "This decision is a cruel joke on people of the state," he said.
Former state president of the party Surya Pratap Shahi led the protest in Deoria where he said that it seems Samajwadi Party does not need votes of upper caste in lok Sabha election and therefore it is concentrating only on Muslims.
