Lucknow: The Union Minister and Republican Party of India (RPI) leader, Ramdas Athawale who was in Uttar Pradesh state capital recently reacted sharply on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati over her statement that people who are protesting against the SC/ST Act have formed a wrong idea in their head by saying no review will be made on the amendment made by Parliament on this Act.
Athawale’s reaction came after BSP chief Mayawati said BSP wants to say to the people who are protesting against the SC/ST Act and have formed a wrong idea in their head that the act will be misused & communities other than SC/ST & tribals will be oppressed, that our party doesn’t agree with this idea.
BSP wants to say to the people who are protesting against the SC/ST Act & have formed a wrong idea in their head that the act will be misused & communities other than SC/ST & tribals will be oppressed, that our party doesn’t agree with this idea: BSP chief Mayawati pic.twitter.com/kYxCXHuwhD
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After SC judgment, some upper caste and OBC groups call for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ against the recent amendment approved by Parliament to overturn a Supreme Court judgment on the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act witnessed a lukewarm response on Thursday. The protests were largely peaceful in most north Indian states despite some scattered incidents of violence being reported from Bihar and UP.
Shops, schools and other commercial establishments were closed in parts of Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. In Bihar, train services were affected in Rajgir and Patna’s Rajendra Nagar terminus when some protestors delayed the movement of trains for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, the Central Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Ramdas Athawale of the Modi Government said that no review will be made on the amendment made by Parliament on this Act.
Athawale, who arrived in Lucknow on Friday, briefed a press conference at the VVIP guest house here and targeted on Mayawati by saying said that in the states where the BJP ruled, there is a conspiracy behind the shutdown of India.
He further added that opposition blowing political air to such issues for its political interests. Now, let us tell you that earlier Mayawati had said that BJP and RSS are doing dirty politics and the biggest opposition is in the states ruled by them.
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