Journalism of Courage
Training its guns on Mulayam Singh Yadav for his statement criticising the Uttar Pradesh government for invoking NSA on Varun Gandhi,ruling BSP alleged on Tuesday that the SP supremo has an understanding with the BJP and his party was working as its “B team”.
“SP and BJP have tacit understanding earlier but now SP has an open understanding with BJP and is working as its B team. By not fielding candidate against BJP president Rajnath Singh from Ghaziabad and joining hands with Kalyan Singh,SP has proved the point,” BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra told reporters in Lucknow.
He also alleged that SP had fielded dummy candidates in the state to benefit BJP.
Justifying government’s decision to invoke NSA on Varun quoting Supreme Court’s observation that his speeches were “inflammatory and full of hatred”,Mishra said opposition parties should tell why it was not the fit case for NSA despite the fact that it disturbed public order and created terror in the region.
“The action was taken against Varun on the basis of concrete evidence and it has inculcated sense of security among the people of the Pilibhit,” Mishra said.
On allegation of laxity by the district administration,he said that when Varun himself volunteered to surrender,there was no reason for doubting his intentions but later his supporters indulged in violence.
