Even though the SP is suffering for the first time due to the controversial statement of Swami Prasad, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also had to face the displeasure of the society due to their controversial statement. Read Rajendra’s report…
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It is said that if a mistake is made once, it is not considered a mistake, but if the same mistake is repeated again and again, then it is considered a strategy to achieve an objective.Samajwadi Party This is fully applicable to Swami Prasad Maurya, the leader of BJP and former cabinet minister. Swami Prasad is also constantly repeating a mistake, this mistake is the use of wrong words in religious matters. The surprising thing is that Swami Prasad gives controversial statements on matters related to religious matters in a short span of time.
In this sequence, in the past, Swami Prasad gave a controversial statement regarding Ramcharitmanas. His statement heated up the politics of UP. Even within the SP, voices of disagreement have started echoing on Swamy’s statement. So, at the behest of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, the party leaders had to come forward and give clarification. But it did not affect Swami Prasad because earlier also he has been shining his politics by giving such controversial statements. And will do the same in the future as well, according to the political experts of UP.
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Swami Prasad’s controversial words
Even though the SP is suffering for the first time due to the controversial statement of Swami Prasad, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also had to face the displeasure of the society due to their controversial statement. For this reason, the political people of UP also call Swami Prasad Maurya the leader who gives controversial statements. Because of his statements, he has been embroiled in controversies from time to time. Because of this habit, Swami Prasad, calling Ramcharitmanas a nonsense, demanded the removal of some cattle and banning Ramcharitmanas.
There was all-round opposition to his demand. Saints also expressed their displeasure over the statement of Swami Prasad and demanded his arrest. BJP leaders also condemned Swami Prasad, then SP leader Ravidas Mehrotra clarified and said that the party has nothing to do with Swami Prasad’s statement, it is Swami Prasad’s personal statement. In the year 2014, BSP leaders also had to give some similar clarification. Then Swami Prasad Maurya raised the question of worshiping Gauri Ganesha in marriages.
Earlier Gauri-Ganesh Puja was opposed
Then in the conference of Karpoori Thakur Bhagidari, he had said that Gauri Ganesh should not be worshiped in marriages. This is a conspiracy to mislead Dalits and backward people and make them slaves. Regarding this statement of Swami Prasad, a complaint was also filed against him in Sultanpur and the BSP supremo expressed his displeasure. But even today Swami Prasad has not apologized for his statement. Swami Prasad, who gave controversial statements, is a big leader of his community, so ignoring his shortcoming, BJP leaders joined him with them. But even the BJP could not curb the controversial speech of Swami Prasad.
While being a minister in BJP’s Yogi government, Swami Prasad created a crisis in front of the Yogi government by giving a statement that triple talaq was the reason for lust. On April 29, 2017, Swami Prasad spoke these controversial words regarding triple talaq. Then he had said that the Muslims who give triple talaq change their wives just to satisfy their lust, there is a cheap mentality behind triple talaq. While in the BJP, Swami Prasad had called Mayawati not a Dalit but a ‘goddess of wealth’. Then when he broke ties with BJP and joined hands with Akhilesh Yadav, he called BJP-RSS as cobra and himself as mongoose and said that Swami’s mongoose will die only after eliminating BJP from UP. And in November last, he said that the people of BJP make a deal with Ram as well, they sell the public as well as Ram. The SP had distanced itself from his statement as well.
Political power of Swami Prasad
The political life of Swami Prasad Maurya, a resident of Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, started with the Lok Dal. But later he joined BSP after getting influenced by Kashiram. In the year 1996, he won the election from Dalmau and became MLA. In BSP, he worked to connect the backward classes with the party. Seeing his hard work, Mayawati made him the leader of the opposition in the year 2003 and after the formation of the government in the year 2007, the BSP made him a minister. While living in BSP, Swami Prasad made his identity as a big leader of the backward society. Mahendra Pandey, who was his colleague in BSP, believes that at present Swami Prasad Maurya is considered a big leader of the backward classes in UP. He comes from Maurya Samaj and Maurya caste has 6 percent votes in UP, which also includes Kushwaha Shakya, Saini. Due to which, from western UP to Purvanchal, their hold is considered on this society.
Mahendra Paday says that the image of Swami Prasad Maurya is as an opponent of Brahminical ideology and a well wisher of Dalit-OBCs. Now, since a large number of Maurya Samaj in UP have adopted Buddhism and they do not perform marriages or auspicious functions according to Hindu customs. That is why the sages and saints may be angry at Swami Prasad Maurya’s statement on Ramcharitmanas. , But a large section of Dalits is standing with them. He doesn’t mind giving controversial statement of Swami Prasad in religious matters. That’s why Swami Prasad keeps on giving such statements.
Ridiculous statement, but will keep on giving such statements!
Kumar Bhavesh, former editor of Amar Ujala newspaper, calls Swami Prasad’s Ramcharitmanas nonsense. He says that the debate on many couplets of Ramcharitmanas has been going on since long. Some of them are called anti-Dalit and some are anti-women. Lengthy arguments have been given in its favor and against. The devotion and love with which crores of people of North India have been reciting Ramcharitmanas in the last nearly five hundred years, elevates its status. That’s why all the leaders including Swami Prasad should give statements in religious matters very carefully. He says that Swami Prasad’s demand to call Ramcharitmanas nonsense and to ban Ramcharitmanas shows that if a debate is not bound by the thread of discretion, then to what ridiculous situation it can reach. Then why do political parties embrace leaders who make such demands?
Regarding this question, Utkarsh Sinha says that Swami Prasad Maurya is a big leader of the backward classes and especially Maurya Samaj, even after that he has lost the elections and whenever he has lost the elections, he has been rescued by BSP or SP. BSP has formed MLC after the defeat of Swami Prasad in 2007 assembly election and SP after the defeat in the last assembly election. Therefore, no matter how much controversy is there on Swami Prasad’s religious statement, he will continue to do so because Swami Prasad feels that His vote bank gets strengthened by making such statements.
SP needs Swami and Swami needs SP
Voices of disagreement have started echoing within the SP regarding the controversial religious statement of Swami Prasad Maurya. At the behest of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, party leaders Ravidas Mehrotra, Manoj Pandey and Shivpal Singh Yadav gave clarification in this matter. Shivpal Yadav separated the party from the entire statement of Swami Prasad Maurya and said that we believe in the ideals of Ram and Krishna. There are people walking. While Ravidas Mehrotra says that the statement of Swami Prasad is not in line with the views of the party and it may be his personal opinion. On the basis of these statements, the SP has given a message to stay away from this matter, but the party will not take any action against Swami Prasad Maurya. He is in SP and will remain so, this is what all the senior leaders of the party say.
Lucknow-based senior journalist Rajeev Srivastava also believes that Akhilesh Yadav will take the same stand in this matter, which was adopted by Mayawati in the year 2014 and the top leadership of the BJP in the year 2017 after the controversial statement of Swami Prasad. That is, he was not thrown out of the party. Now Akhilesh will also do the same. Rajeev says that Swami Prasad is a big leader of the backward society, by taking any action on him, SP will not harm itself politically before the Lok Sabha elections. However, by attacking Swami Prasad, BJP leaders are trying to get Akhilesh to expel him from the party. But SP needs Swami and Swami needs Akhilesh, so Swami Prasad Maurya will remain in SP.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com”