Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, on Monday, attacked the Yogi Adityanath government over the demolition of the house of an accused in the Prayagraj violence case.
The BSP chief said that an atmosphere of “fear and terror” had been created by the government through unlawful action and the courts should take cognisance of it.
The former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh also demanded the arrest of suspended functionaries of Bharatiya Janata Party, Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, whose remarks against Prophet Mohammed sparked protests.
In a series of tweets in Hindi, Mayawati said, ‘By targeting a particular community, doing demolition using bulldozer, other malicious aggressive actions, crushing the protest, an atmosphere of fear and terror has been created. This is unfair and unjust. The court must take cognisance of the faulty action of targeting the entire family by demolishing the houses,” she said.
Her remarks came a day after the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) demolished the house of the alleged mastermind of the June 10 violence there amid heavy police deployment. The building map of the house of the accused, Javed Ahmad, had not been approved by the PDA, according to an official of the agency.
Mayawati further said, “The root cause of the problem are Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, due to which the honour of the country has been affected and violence broke out. Why has no action been initiated against them, and why has the government ridiculed the rule of law? Not sending both the accused to jail yet is grossly biased and unfortunate. Immediate arrest is required.”
The BSP chief also said, “The government has disregarded rules, and carried out bulldozer demolition action in a hasty manner. In this not only the innocent families are being crushed, but houses of innocent people are also being razed. In this sequence, demolition of houses under the PM Awas Yojana was also in discussion, why such excesses?’
A body of advocates in Prayagraj has also e-mailed a petition to the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court against the demolition of the house of the alleged violence mastermind.