Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Saturday asked the Centre to give up its “stubborn stand” on the new citizenship law and NRC and withdraw its decisions.
“Now that voices opposed to the CAA and NRC have started coming from within the NDA, the central government should give up its stubborn stand and withdraw its decisions,” she said in a tweet in Hindi.
अब तो नए सीएए व एनआरसी के विरोध में केन्द्र सरकार के एनडीए में भी विरोध के स्वर उठने लगे हैं। अतः बीएसपी की मांग है कि वे अपनी ज़िद को छोड़कर इन फैसलों को वापस ले। साथ ही, प्रदर्शनकारियों से भी अपील है कि वे अपना विरोध शान्तिपूर्ण ढंग से ही प्रकट करें।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) December 21, 2019
“Also, it is an appeal to protesters to express their opposition in a peaceful manner,” the Bahujan Samaj Party chief added.
In view of continued protests against the citizenship law, Mayawati on Friday said her party “does not believe in vandalism” and requested its members to express their opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act “through posts and mail and by handing over memorandum”.
A BSP delegation had met President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday over the contentious law and the violence that has ensued over the legislation.
The delegation, led by the party’s national general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra, sought a judicial inquiry into Sunday’s violence near Jamia Millia Islamia and withdrawal of the law. The delegation members alleged the Act was against Articles 14 and 21 the Constitution.
Also read: Citizenship law protests: Is the opposition’s political response limited to court appeals?
Why we need to include Muslims from neighboring countries in CAA. Is the partition happened not due to Muslims? Modi govt should not change the bill at all.
Wise words from Mayawati. certainly much wiser than what is coming from the BJP Satraps.
As Cut the Clutter explained, Ms Mayawati fell from 205 in 2007 to 19 in 2017 in the state Assembly. She could not get a single person elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014. The modest success in 2019 was achieved in conjunction with the SP. Given the synergy an alliance between Muslims and Dalits can create in UP, perhaps she should redo her politics.