Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday condemned the Centre as well as Uttar Pradesh governments over damage to Maharishi Valmiki temple on King George’s Medical University campus and demanded immediate action against the culprits.
In a tweet on Thursday afternoon, Mayawati claimed that first an old Sant Ravidas temple was damaged in New Delhi, then a Dalit BJP MP was not allowed to enter a temple due to his caste and now an ancient temple of Valmiki was damaged in KGMU in Lucknow on Wednesday.
She said that these were very shameful and condemnable acts and both the Central and UP governments should take cognisance of them and take stern action against the culprits.
In another tweet, Mayawati hit out at Yogi Adityanath, claiming that the BJP government’s record in the state so far had been disappointing. “This government has failed badly, particularly on law and order front and in controlling crime,” she tweeted in Hindi.
Besides Mayawati, Congress Legislature Party leader, Ajay Kumar `Lallu’ also targeted the BJP government over damage to the statue of Valmiki , saying that the ruling party was intentionally targeting places of worship or statues of icons of Dalit community.
On Wednesday, an old temple of Maharishi Valmiki was damaged near Dental faculty on the KGMU campus after which a strong protest was staged.
The statue was damage while the KGMU administration was trying to remove encroachment. The situation could be brought under control after ADM (City) Ajay Rai reached the spot and assured the protesters that a new statue would be installed.
