Rebel Cabinet minister and Bharatiya Janata Party ally in Uttar Pradesh, Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is the chief of Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party, has announced to hold protest fasts against the failures of the Yogi Adityanath government.
The SBSP leaders led by Rajbhar will start the fasts at different places in the state from December 24.
“The BJP government has failed to fulfill promises made ahead of the Assembly elections in 2017. This has forced us to stage protest and remind them about their commitments. We are an ally of the BJP, how will we go before the people to seek votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls?” he asked.
Giving a long list of unfulfilled promises of the BJP, Rajbhar said that the ruling party had promised to provide free coaching to Scheduled Caste, and Scheduled Tribe students for taking civil services exams beside including Most Backward and most Dalits in the reservation quota.
The minister, who has not been invited for Rajbhar rally to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ghazipur on December 29, said that his party would not demand a single seat in alliance from the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections but would press the government to fulfill the promises made by the BJP ahead of 2017 Assembly polls.
Rajbhar said that the BJP was trying to divide the state on community and caste lines, Ram temple, Kumbh at Prayagraj and Hindutava agenda.
