The lone corporator of the Bahujan Samaj Party in the Aligarh Municipal Corporation, Musharraf Hussain, fell into trouble when he was booked by the local police for trying to outrage religious feelings, by insisting to take oath in the Urdu language instead of Hindi. The case was registered on the complaint filed by the local corporator of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).
According to reports, a case under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) was registered against Hussain at the Bannadevi police station on Wednesday night, after BJP corporator, Pushpendra Singh, handed over an application charging the BSP leader of trying to disturb communal peace. Surprisingly, the cops so far took no cognizance of report also handed over to them by Hussain, who alleged that he was beaten up on the day allegedly by the BJP leaders.
It may be mentioned that unpleasant scenes marred the swearing-in of newly-elected members of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation on Monday after
BJP corporators allegedly created a ruckus when Hussain insisted on taking the oath in Urdu. Hussain was allegedly beaten up. Aligarh’s new mayor Mohd Furqan of the BSP has appealed to the BJP to “accept defeat with grace and not fuel
confrontation on emotive issues as this would derail all development work in the city”.
The standoff between the BSP and the BJP showed no signs of abatement ever since the BSP’s Furqan wrested the mayoral seat from the BJP, which had held the post for four successive terms, in civic elections earlier this month.