BJP, Congress attack SP over party spokesperson’s remark on Brahmins; FIR registered

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SP spokesperson Rajkumar Bhati 

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The Samajwadi Party (SP) connected Wednesday faced the ire of some ruling and Opposition parties successful Uttar Pradesh aft a video allegedly showing enactment spokesperson Rajkumar Bhati making derogatory remarks against the Brahmin assemblage during a caller lawsuit went viral.

State BJP president and Union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary termed the comments “indecent and vulgar”. “This is not conscionable the connection of 1 idiosyncratic but besides grounds to the ‘DNA’ of the SP and its corrupt mentality of ‘divide and rule’,” helium said.

Mr. Chaudhary alleged that portion the SP has been trying to “fragment the societal unity of U.P. for decades, the BJP works to respect each castes”. “We volition ne'er let the plans of these disruptive forces to disagreement nine to succeed.”

‘Real quality of SP’

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said “the existent quality and disgusting reasoning of the SP has erstwhile again been exposed”.

“The indecent remarks are not lone condemnable but besides bespeak the mentality of the SP,” helium said.

State Congress main Ajay Rai demanded strict disciplinary enactment against Mr. Bhati. “The abusive connection utilized is highly condemnable. There whitethorn beryllium ideological differences successful politics, but insulting an full nine is not acceptable. Only apology volition not suffice, strict disciplinary enactment should beryllium taken instantly by [SP chief] Akhilesh Yadavji,” helium said.

A lawsuit has been registered against the SP person astatine the Kavinagar constabulary presumption successful Ghaziabad nether Section 196(1) (promoting enmity betwixt groups connected grounds of religion) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The FIR was filed based connected a ailment by BJP person Ajay Sharma, who sought strict enactment against Mr. Bhati for allegedly making comments that “hurt spiritual sentiments”.

Mr. Bhati aboriginal offered an unconditional apology and claimed definite parts of his code were selectively edited to dispersed “malicious propaganda”.

Published - May 14, 2026 01:08 americium IST

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