Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on July 5 demanded that the properties of the person accused of urinating over a tribal man in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district be confiscated or demolished and alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government waking up only after the video went viral proves their involvement which is also very sad.
“The incident of a local leader urinating on an Adivasi/Dalit youth in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh is highly shameful, the inhuman act should be condemned in strongest words. The government waking up only after the video went viral proves their involvement, this is also very sad,” wrote Ms. Mayawati, a former four-time U.P. CM on social networking site Twitter.
The BSP leader added, “The BJP government of Madhya Pradesh should take action against the criminal not only by invoking National Security Act (NSA) but also by confiscating/demolishing properties owned by him. It also should not shield the accused. Such incidents bring shame to everyone,”.
After the video went viral a case was registered under various sections, including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the National Security Act (NSA), against the accused and he was arrested. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the State government would ensure the “sternest possible punishment” against the accused.
Chandrashekhar Azad, who heads the Bhim Army, a pressure group taking up the cause of Dalit and other oppressed groups in U.P. described the incident an orgy of barbarism alleging the people in power are doing atrocities with Scheduled caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Minority people.
“Orgy of autocracy has become the identity of Madhya Pradesh. The people in power are doing an orgy of atrocities with SC, ST, OBC and Minority people across the country and many pictures of barbarism are coming out from states, but intellectuals are also sitting with their eyes closed, still the people of Bahujan Samaj are not able to understand this thing.The truth is that the minority (15 %) is ruling the majority (85 %) in the country and is continuously doing atrocities,” said Mr. Azad, who also runs the Azad Samaj Party (ASP).
