Bulandshahr legislator Sanjay Singh has called the open letter by 82 civil servants demanding UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s resignation ‘politically motivated’.
New Delhi: Two days after 82 former civil servants sought Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s resignation for his “failure to abide by the Constitution”, in light of the recent mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in Bulandshahr, the BJP MLA from the area has hit back.
In the letter released Thursday, Sanjay Singh questioned the retired civil servants for noticing the death of two men, but ignoring the fate of 21 cows who also allegedly lost their lives.
Alleging that the signatories had political ambitions, he also asked them to “have the guts to contest an election”.
The former civil servants had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday, demanding the resignation of Adityanath.
“The chief minister of the state acts as a high priest of the agenda of bigotry and majoritarian supremacy — an agenda which now seems to take precedence over everything else,” they had written.
‘They made cow slaughter a non-issue’
Singh said that the civil servants’ open letter ignored context. In his own open letter, Singh said the mob violence “was an act of sudden provocation due to killing of gau mata”.
“They made cow slaughter a non-issue,” Singh told ThePrint. “The incident wouldn’t have happened if cows weren’t killed in the area. How could they omit this from the letter?”
In his letter, Singh compared a cow roving in a field to a naughty child at home that damages property, and said a cow might damage crops, but farmers don’t say anything as long as it stays alive. He said the people were thankful to have a chief minister who protected cows.
“We are Hindus, we have that sentiment for cows. Reaction toh aayega (you will get a reaction),” he said.
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‘Ignorant of the Constitution’
Completely dismissing the call for Adityanath’s resignation, Singh hit back at the retired civil servants for being “ignorant” of the Constitution.
Asking for the resignation of a democratically-elected chief minister is unconstitutional, he said, adding that a two-level inquiry into the death of police officer Subodh Kumar Singh was already underway.
“They are overly politically ambitious people and probably in touch with some political party,” Singh alleged.
“Most of these civil servants are from outside UP, what do they know of the state?”
“Sanjiv Bhatlaji has a deluded opinion that it is okay to kill or maime abandoned HUMANS.”
Srinivasan Sir, I have quoted the above from your comment, except that I have highlighted the word “human”. Where did you read this part in my comment??!!
I always give more importance to humans over animals. One can have a different priority. All I am saying is, those who insist on respect and love for cow, why don’t they first DISPLAY THEIR OWN love and respect for cow?
There are lakhs and lakhs of leaders and workers of the BJP RSS Bajrang Dal and VHP. If each of them adopts a few stray cows and takes care of them with love and respect, the problem will be solved!! Accommodate these cows in their backyard; no one will dare steal them from there and no cows will be slaughtered!
As you sow, so shall you reap! Elect moronic, illiterate politically motivated idiots as representatives and this is what you get! Clearly our lives have no values but cows do, because cows get votes and can whip up mob frenzy… it is even more shameful that the leadership refuses to chastise idiots and comments like these!
Sanjiv Bhatlaji has a deluded opinion that it is okay to kill or maime abandoned humans.
If that is wrong, similarly, killing cows, just because they are astray.
His unasked, uninformed advice, to exclusively to elected representatives of BJP, VHP, RSS and so on, displays his bias.
His comparison of humans being abandoned and provided shelter by the society against abandoned cows provided shelter, is disingenuous at best.
“In his letter, Singh compared a cow roving in a field to a naughty child at home that damages property, and said a cow might damage crops, but farmers don’t say anything as long as it stays alive. He said the people were thankful to have a chief minister who protected cows.”
Above is a quote from this article. The point is, why leave one’s own child in someone else’s property to “behave like a child and do some destruction?” Why doesn’t Mr Sanjay Singh accommodate AND FEED 3-4 stray cows in the premises of his house; similarly other BJP leaders, Bajrang Dal, VHP, RSS and other lesser known Hindu organizations’ leaders each accommodate 3-4 stray cows under their care and look after them as a mother — Gau Mata. Is it fair to leave our mother on other’s mercy? If they don’t do it, then all their love for gau-mata will be called ARTIFICIAL.
A related point is this: can each of these enthusiasts for Gau Mata get a certificate from his BIOLOGICAL MOTHER that he TREATS HER with great affection and respect? Will his mother vouch for him? Or is it that they neglect their own human mother at home and show artificial respect and love for an animal?