India / UP CM can't ensure women safety, send him to Gorakhnath Math: Mayawati

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday slammed Yogi Adityanath, saying he should resign if he cannot ensure the safety of the women in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP should send him back to the Gorakhnath Math, where he belongs, she added.

Criminals, mafias and rapists are having a free run under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Uttar Pradesh government said Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday after a gang-rape case was reported from Balrampur, following closely on the heels of the Hathras incident.

She demanded that the Centre impose President’s Rule in the state as the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government had failed to protect the women in the state.

This comes days after a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was allegedly gangraped by four upper-caste men in UP’s Hathras, died while fighting for life.

“UP CM Yogi Adityanath should resign if he can’t ensure safety to women. I urge the Central govt to send him to his place – Gorakhnath Math. If he doesn’t like the temple, he should be given the task of Ram Temple construction,” she told reporters.

The BSP chief said that the incidents had shaken her to the core and therefore she had decided to talk to the media, “in an attempt to wake up the Centre if the UP government isn’t waking up.”

She also raised questions on the actions taken against criminals in UP in the past few years.

“People also say that the action taken against criminals, encounters, or breaking their houses is due to political benefits and not honesty. If there is any truth in that, then it is indeed very shameful. People across all sections of the society are unhappy with this government, the frequency of all types of crimes have increased but the daughters of UP are not safe,” she said.

“Especially the girls coming from the Dalit community are not at all safe,” she added, further condemning the attitude of police and administration with the family members of the Hathras gang-rape victim.

The BSP chief also slammed the UP police for the cremation and said that the act only “creates a lot of doubt and resentment”. She added that the Supreme Court needed to take appropriate action by taking cognizance of the case.

The BSP chief said that the administration not handing over the victim’s body to the family members to pay respects and performing the last rites was a very shameful incident. “If this is not jungleraaj, then what is this?” Mayawati said.