Yogi Adityanath attacks Mamata Banerjee over Bengal violence, says victims 'dalit Hindus'

Hindus were dragged out from their homes in Murshidabad and killed, he said.

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday lashed out at her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over violence in Murshidabad district in protest against the newly enacted Waqf law and said that the Hindus being targeted in Bengal as well as in Bangladesh were dalits.

Speaking at a function here, Adityanath also accused the Congress of "disrespecting" dalit icon B R Ambedkar and said that the grand old party did not allow his (Ambedkar) last rites to be performed in the national capital.

‘’Hindus were dragged out from their homes in Murshidabad and killed. Who are these victims? These are dalit and deprived Hindus, who stand to gain the most from the amended Waqf Act,’’ he said.

‘’The Hindus, who are being persecuted in Bangladesh, are dalit Hindus. The Congress, the TMC or Samajwadi Party never raised their voices in support of these Hindus,’’ the Chief Minister said.

Citing a Book, which had made a comparative study on Ambedkar and Yogendra Nath Mondal, the Chief Minister said that Mondal, also a dalit, had supported formation of Pakistan and even migrated to that country after partition. ‘’Mondal left Pakistan a year later. Today, Bangladeshi Hindus are suffering because of Mondal’s deeds,’’ he added.

Adityanath said that only the BJP had raised its voice in support of the Hindus in Bangladesh. ‘’We have to protect every Hindu and that’s why the Waqf Act was amended. But some people are inciting violence over it,’’ he said.