The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday sought an apology from Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik for ‘denigrating’ the dignity of the post and warned him not to ‘overdo’ it or party workers will take to the streets to oppose him. SP demanded that the Governor should apologise publicly for his “unwarranted” remarks and requested the Centre to dismiss him for denigrating the post, SP General Secretary, Ramgopal Yadav, said here.
Taking strong objection to Naik’s regular “undignified and unwarranted” statements against the State Government particularly his recent observation about the ‘importance of a particular caste in UP administration,’ Yadav asked Prime Minister Naredra Modi to remove Naik from the Governor’s post and instead make him a BJP candidate in the forthcoming UP elections. “He regularly attends RSS functions and gives irresponsible statements. We request PM to remove him first and then make him a BJP candidate in the 2017 Assembly elections,” the SP Rajya Sabha MP said.