New Delhi, July 1 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia today accused Bihar’s former Deputy CM and Leader of Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav of “undermining” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to uplift backward classes, Dalits, and women and said that Rashtriya Janata Dal’s sole objective is the “imposition of Sharia law in India, and to empower only one community.”
“Tejashwi Yadav’s party, RJD, is destroying the idea of empowering these marginalized sections. While they talk about Sharia, the BJP will continue to talk about the Constitution,” he said during a press conference at BJP headquarters in Delhi.
Asserting that ‘Mahathugbandhan’ is openly against the Constitution , the BJP spokesperson said, “The Congress manifesto said that it wanted to implement Sharia Law. Personal Laws will be implemented. Reservations will be based on religion, which is against the Constitution. NDA will never allow their plans to succeed. On 2010 May 7, Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the Waqf board has snatched the land of the government and the common man and strong laws are required to control it.RJD Chief Lalu Yadav has never apologized for the disrespect he showed towards Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.”
Referring to Bihar’s former Deputy CM and Leader of Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav’s remarks on Wakf Amendment Act, Bhatia said, “Yesterday, a 9th-grade fail, Tejashwi Yadav, was saying that he would throw the Waqf Amendment Bill, passed by the Indian Parliament, into the trash. How can a state government dismiss a law passed by the Centre?”
Taking on the INDIA alliance, the BJP spokesperson said, “If Tejashwi Yadav gives hate speech against the Waqf Amendment Act, then his purpose is to create a division in society. Our government in Bihar talks about development, and they talk about Sharia Law. In Karnataka, they snatched the rights of the backwards and gave them to Muslims,” he said.
Recalling the lawlessness that prevailed during the “Jungle Raj” of Lalu, he said , “The first rule of Jungle Raj is the destruction of the Constitution and the law, and that is exactly what Tejashwi Yadav is doing while sitting in the opposition.”
Questioning the RJD’s so-called socialist agenda, Bhatia stated, “Those who call themselves ‘samajwadi’ (socialists) in Bihar are in fact ‘namazwadi’. They do not want Babasaheb’s Constitution and neither do they respect it. Their sole objective is the imposition of Sharia law in India, and to empower only one community.”
He took a direct jibe at Tejashwi Yadav, asking, “The so-called master of appeasement, Maulana Tejashwi Yadav, have you ever read the Constitution? Can a state government disregard a law passed by Parliament and signed by the President?”
In another sharp remark, Bhatia reminded Tejashwi Yadav about his family’s long tenure in power. “Tejashwi Yadav is now demanding 20 months, but the people of Bihar gave more than a decade to the Yadav family. What was the result? The value of human life was lost. Now they talk about youth, but have they ever given an opportunity to anyone outside their family to become CM or even party president?” Bhatia asked.
Bhatia also questioned Tejashwi Yadav’s stance on the Waqf Amendment Bill, pointing out that the matter is still pending in the Supreme Court. “Why does Tejashwi Yadav have such an anarchist approach? Why is he trying to demean the SC before it has even passed its verdict? Has Tejashwi Yadav become more important than the Supreme Court itself?”
