Can’t fool people in the name of religion anymore: Phule
BAHRAICH: Disapproving of chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s recent remark that Lord Hanuman was a Dalit tribal, BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule said even gods were being brought into caste fold to garner votes and support of the members of the community.
She further said that it is believed that Lord Hanuman always stood by Lord Ram. Then why Ram awarded him a tail and blackened his face, she asked, adding it was an insult of the Dalit community.
Addressing a public meeting in Malakheda area of Alwar (Rajasthan) recently, Yogi had reportedly said, “Bajrang Bali hamari bhartiya parampara mein ek aise lokdevta hain jo swayam vanvaasi hain, girvasi hain, dalit hain, vanchit hain (Lord Hanuman was a forest dweller, a Dalit and deprived).”
Phule alleged that lord Hanuman was a slave of ‘Manuwadi’ people.
Claiming that Brahmins constituted only 3 per cent of the country’s population, she alleged that members of the community
PHULE ALLEGED THAT LORD HANUMAN WAS A SLAVE OF ‘MANUWADI’ PEOPLE.
wanted to build a Ram temple by enslaving Dalits and tribals.
Talking to HT here on Monday, the Bahraich MP said, “The country will run as per the Indian Constitution and not in the name of religion or gods.” Phule claimed that now people belonging to the Scheduled Caste and other backward castes would not get influenced in the name of religion.