Lucknow: Amid the controversy surrounding a post by Swami Prasad Maurya Akhilesh Yadav, the supremo of the Samajwadi Party (SP), on Wednesday, stated, "The stand of the Samajwadi Party on religion is clear.
There should be no discussion about it...but keep talking about caste census. If someone is giving such a statement about religion, then you (media) don't show it." Akhilesh Yadav said.
This statement was made in response to the controversy surrounding a post by Swami Prasad Maurya, made on November 13, where the Samajwadi Party leader questioned the birth of Hindu goddess Lakshmi and said, "How can Lakshmi be born with four hands?
In a post on X, Swami Prasad Maurya said that every child born anywhere in the world has two hands, two legs, two ears, and two eyes and if a child with eight hands, and ten hands has not been born till now, how can goddess Lakshmi be born with four hands? (with ANI inputs)
