Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday flayed the Central government for desecration of statues in some parts of the country and said that the BJP government should stop the drama of issuing statements and take strong action so that caste and communal strife could be averted.
"The spate of political violence and hatred started after the installation of new governments in north-eastern states needs to be condemned. It is because of this kind of politics that there is tension and insecurity all around," asserted Mayawati.
In an official communiqué released in lucknow on Wednesday, Mayawati said that such incidents pointed that how politics of hatred and violence was prevalent across the country just because people with criminal mindset have no fear of law in the present BJP regime at the Centre and the states.
The BSP chief's comments came after two statues of Communist icon lenin were pulled down in Tripura after the BJP ended the left's 25-year rule in the north-eastern state. later in Tamil Nadu, the statue of social reformer and Dravidian leader EV Ramasamy popularly known as Periyar was vandalised. On Wednesday, a statue of Dr Ambedkar was vandalised in Meerut and that of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata.
Pointing towards the prompt arrest of seven persons for vandalising the statue of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata on Wednesday, Mayawati said "like always, the BJP brass is merely enacting the drama of issuing statements. The BJP and RSS should desist from using political violence as tools, else they could also face its consequences in future."
"The BJP governments at the Centre and the states should maintain the rule of law and not allow the rioters to run around freely and ensure security to life and religion as guaranteed under the Constitution," she said