BJP identifies Hinduism with Brahminism, ignores 90% of India: SP's Swami Prasad Maurya
BJP considers «Brahmin religion», which is followed by only 10 per cent of the people, as «Hindu religion» and there exists nothing like «Hindu religion», Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya has said. Maurya said the party does not consider tribals, Dalits, and other backward classes, who form the majority of Indians, as Hindus, and characterises the entire religion only with Brahmins. In an interview with PTI, the politician also called the ruling BJP-led NDA, a «Non-Democratic Alliance», as he exuded confidence that the opposition bloc's INDIA will deliver a defeat to the two-time Narendra Modi government at the Centre in the coming general election.
«On Saturday, I was attending a 'samajik nyay sammelan' organised by the party in Azamgarh. The religion, the BJP cites, there is nothing called Hindu religion. They consider Brahmin religion as the Hindu religion,» Maurya told PTI over the phone.
«When they do not consider the tribals, Dalits, and backwards as Hindus, who constitute 90 per cent of the population, then with only 10 per cent people's statement, will it become Hindu religion? This is Brahmin religion, and in order to maintain the supremacy of their religion, they despicably insult the tribals, the Dalits and the backwards,» he said. Maurya had defected from the BJP and joined the SP in 2022, a month ahead of the UP assembly elections. The leader had last Sunday too accused the BJP of stoking communal sentiments with its support to the Gyanvapi mosque issue.
«They are looking for a temple in every mosque. This will cost them dearly. Because if they look for a temple in every mosque then people will start searching for a Buddhist monastery in every temple,» Maurya had told reporters then in Lucknow.
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