Muslims now, Christians, Jains could be next: Nagina MP seeks minority support
Lucknow: Raking up the new Waqf law, Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) leader Chandrashekhar Azad on Sunday exhorted the Muslim community to strengthen his party so that they are not cheated repeatedly.
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Addressing a party convention in Lucknow, Azad said, "Today, in the name of Waqf, it is the Muslims, tomorrow it will be Jains, Christians and others. Learn to speak up. It is a long fight and we will have to learn to fight. I am telling you, Muslim brothers, to not get cheated again and again, and come with me."
Azad said that this govt has started workshops on Ramayana and Vedas in schools in the last 10 years. "Is religious publicity in schools right?," he said.
On BSP chief Mayawati, Azad said that he respects her, but it is his party which will complete the mission of Kanshiram and BR Ambedkar. On Akash Anand's re-entry in BSP, he said that people have rejected him and it is under compulsion that he is being expelled and then taken back again in the party.
The Nagina MP asked his party workers to strengthen the party organization in the state and prepare for 2027 elections.
"We need not pick up a gun or sword to change the govt, we only need to vote.
Because, if the same continues, Bahujan samaj will not be left with govt jobs in ten years. And when you go to seek justice, you will be hit with shoes. Our dream is to make our community aware and unite it."
"The thing with the 'bahujan samaj' is that it can work hard for eight hours but cannot stand united for two hours," he said, adding that he took inspiration from Kanshiram to form a party.
"It is not our dream to become MP, MLA or minister, but to take our community towards development," he said, while adding, "Democracy today is dominated by money power, where every work is getting done through money, but he said that he is an example for society, as people in Nagina made him contest elections through donations.
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