Escalating the controversy over remarks by Swami Prasad Maurya’s on Ramcharitmanas, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the BJP considers him a “low-caste ‘Shudra’”. He also alleged that the BJP sent its goons to prevent him from attending religious ceremony ‘Mahayagya’, organized on the banks of the Gomti river on Saturday.
“For the BJP, we are ‘Shudras’. They are indulging in discrimination. The BJP may face a similar situation when they will be voted out of power. Even today, some people want to deprive others of their right to enter temples. It’s a fact that whoever prevents anybody from entering temples is a ‘vidharmi’ for creating obstacles in the path of ‘dharma’”, Akhilesh said here on Saturday. He had gone to Daliganj to attend the ‘108th Mahayagya’ on the banks of the Gomti river on Saturday.
“My security was scaled down and national security guards commandos were withdrawn. Today, I have realised the reason behind the withdrawal of my security cover’’, said Akhilesh.