Brahmins: BJP govt is opposed to ‘tilak', targeting Brahmins: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Slamming the BJP govt for 'systematically targeting Brahmins',
chief
on Wednesday said the present dispensation was opposed to 'Tilak' (worn by
Brahmins
on their forehead).
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"The Brahmin community has always played the important role of leading the society. It gives direction to society. The Brahmin community's contribution in every field is unforgettable. Samajwadi Party has always honoured and respected the Brahmin community which in turn has extended guidance to the party. Their support and cooperation will ensure our victory in
2027 assembly polls
," Akhilesh said at a conference of Brahmins organised by the party in Lucknow.
Prior to addressing the conference, Akhilesh explained that the meet was called before Operation Sindoor started, suggesting that the party would have deferred the event had it been aware of the defence operation.
At the conference, which was presided over by party veteran and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in UP assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey, former SP minister Pawan Pandey accused the BJP govt of extending step-motherly treatment to Brahmin community.
Pawan listed out names and instances where Brahmins found themselves at the receiving end because of police high handedness and incidents of crime. SP functionary and party's Lucknow candidate in 2022 Assembly polls Puja Shukla was among a host of Brahmin leaders of the party present at the event.
Citing another instance of how the BJP govt was blatantly undermining the Brahmins, Pandey cited an instance when late Mulayam Singh Yadav was the chief minister of UP.
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"He had invited Brahmin intellectuals for a meeting where everyone demanded that Lord Parshuram's Jayanti (observed on April 29) should be declared as a holiday. Netaji agreed. But the present BJP govt cancelled the holiday. The SP which had coined PDA — Pichrde (Backward classes), Dalits and Alpsankhyaks (Minorities) — in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls had included Brahmins too in the acronym saying that 'A' in PDA included Agrde (Upper castes).
After Akhilesh won the LS election from Kannauj, he was replaced as the leader of opposition in the state assembly with party veteran Mata Prasad Pandey, a Brahmin.
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