GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 3rd Jan. BSP president Mayawati strongly criticized the reported assault on councillors during a municipal corporation board meeting in Meerut. She demanded that the government promptly take action against those responsible.
The meeting in Meerut witnessed a physical altercation between BJP members and opposition parties, with both sides accusing each other of disrespecting and assaulting their councillors.
In a post on social media platform X, the BSP supremo said, “Recently in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, a BJP minister and MLA are openly assaulting Dalit councillors of the municipal corporation, showing their arrogance of power, which is extremely sad, unfortunate and condemnable.”
A political row had erupted after the incident with the Samajwadi Party alleging that Dalit councillors were targeted by BJP members, who denied the charge.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary and Congress state unit president Ajay Rai have slammed the BJP over the incident.