Mayawati Slams Yogi Adityanath Government Over Law and Order in Uttar Pradesh
Dalit oppression and murder of a man in Hathras and ruthless killing of a Dalit RTI activist in Gujarat prove that lives of Dalits, oppressed and women are not safe under the BJP government, like in the previous Congress regime. The government should immediately take notice of this: Mayawati
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati, on Wednesday, attacked the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over the law-and-order situation in the state and accused it of adopting an insensitive attitude even in serious cases.
Every type of crime is at its peak in Uttar Pradesh and there is a very bad state of crime control, she alleged. West Bengal Assembly Elections 2006: Ahead of Vidhan Sabha Polls 2021, All You Need To Know About Voting, Alliances and Results in the Poll-Bound State in 2006.
"Everyone is concerned about painful and embarrassing incidents of Dalit and women harassment. Even in such serious cases, the insensitivity and negligence of the government is unfortunate," she said in a tweet.
Mayawati also targeted the BJP government at the centre over the issue of Dalit rights. BJP's Turn to Apologise for Gujarat Riots After Congress Admits 'Emergency Error', Says Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik.
"Dalit oppression and murder of a man in Hathras and ruthless killing of a Dalit RTI activist in Gujarat prove that lives of Dalits, oppressed and women are not safe under the BJP government, like in the previous Congress regime. The government should immediately take notice of this," she added.
Her remarks come in the backdrop of a 50-year-old man being shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, allegedly by a man accused of molesting the victim's daughter.
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