Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati condemned the vandalisation of statue of Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar in the historical city of Kalpi and then the police lathicharge on the agitated crowd.
In a statement released in lucknow on Monday, Mayawati said that after the insult of the statue of Dr Ambedkar at Kashikheda village in Kalpi Kotwali area, the agitation of the crowd was obvious. Cane charging an innocent crowd and jailing several agitators only reflected the ruling BJP’s racist, anti-Dalit, political hatred and unfair policy.
The BSP chief demanded immediate action on the police and administrative officers who lathicharged the agitators. She said that if no action was taken against the errants, it would prove the governments silence over atrocities on Dalits.
Talking about the violence at Benares Hindu University’s (BHU), Mayawati said that the brawl occurred due to the irresponsible attitude of the BJP government and the dictatorial attitude of BHU VC also escalated the matter.
Mayawati said that the BHU students were protesting against harassment of girl students but the VC’s irresponsible behaviour provoked the students to intesnfiy their stir. She said that the BSP condemned the anti-student mentality of the BHU VC and demanded the UP government to ensure justice to the students.