Congratulations! Yogi Adityanath Says His Govt Has Put An End to Religion and Caste Based Discrimination
On Thursday, a 15-year-old Dalit girl died after being set on fire by two youths in Agra who are yet to be traced.
Lucknow: Finally, there is some good news from Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, December 20 claimed that his government has ended discrimination in the name of caste and religion that was “common” during the previous dispensations.
“Discrimination in the name of caste and religion, that was common during the previous governments, has been brought to an end as it is the biggest betrayal in democracy,” the chief minister told the Legislative Assembly while intervening in the second supplementary budget tabled on Wednesday.
He has made the statement mere weeks after a violent mob in Bulandshahr went on a rampage after a large number of cow-carcasses were found lying around in what is being called a conspiracy by right-wing groups like the Bajrang Dal. Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed in the violence and the police is yet to arrest his murderers. Over 80 retired civil servants have demanded the chief minister’s resignation over his government prioritising investigation into ‘cow-slaughter’ over the police officer’s murder.
The saffron-clad chief minister’s remark came on the same day when a 15-year-old Dalit girl died after being set on fire by two youths in Agra. Her murderers are yet to be traced.
The only explanation to Adityanath’s tone deaf remark is that his government has now renamed caste and religion-based discrimination and we just haven’t caught up to it.
(With PTI inputs)