In Short
- BJP claims RJD and SP promote ‘namazwad’ over socialism
- Sudhanshu Trivedi said RJD, Samajwadi Party do not support oppressed Muslims
- Trivedi vowed to protect Ambedkar’s constitution and its provisions
The BJP on Monday lashed out at Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, for his controversial remarks on the Waqf Amendment Act in Patna on Sunday, saying that his party was more interested in promoting “namazwad” than “samajwad” (socialism).
“These parties like RJD, Samajwadi Party, etc, who are wearing the garb of socialism, are not standing up for the rights of the poor and oppressed Muslims. Therefore, the socialism of RJD and SP cannot be called socialism at all. If it is called ‘Namazvad’, then it will not be an exaggeration,” BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said, addressing a press conference in Delhi today.
Trivedi was responding to the RJD leader’s remarks on throwing the newly-passed Waqf Act “into the dustbin.”
“BJP and the NDA alliance are determined that if anyone wants to throw Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s constitution, any of its provisions, into the dustbin, we will not let that happen,” he said.
“Does INDI alliance want to impose Sharia laws in Bihar,” BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi further asked.
Trivedi claimed that Tejashwi Yadav’s remarks were reflective of the fact that the INDIA bloc has “no respect for the Parliament and judiciary.”
“Tejashwi Yadav and other leaders of the INDI alliance have said in the pursuit of vote bank, it is clear that they are not able to come out of the 50-year-old mentality of throwing the Constitution in the dustbin,” he said.
On Sunday, several Opposition leaders — from Pappu Yadav to Imran Pratapgarhi — attended the anti-Waqf protest organized by Imarat-e-Shariah, a Muslim organisation active mainly in Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand.
