Being Politician Doesn’t Mean You Crush Anyone With Fortuner: UP BJP Chief

Mumbai: BJP chief of Uttar Pradesh unit Swatantra Dev Singh said that being a political leader does not mean that “we can loot or mow down someone under a Fortuner”.

The remarks came after Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish was arrested on Saturday for allegedly driving four farmers during last week’s Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Also Read: Opposition is Creating ‘Selective Confusion’ Ahead Of Assembly Polls In UP: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Speaking at a meeting of UP BJP’s minority morcha, Singh said, “We have not come in politics to loot (people), nor have we come to crush someone under a Fortuner (SUV)…You will get votes for your behaviour. If 10 people of your locality are praising you, my heart swells (with pride). Your behaviour should be such that people do not turn away their faces after seeing you?”

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The violence that broke out months before the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh triggered a major political storm with the opposition criticizing the Yogi Adityanath-led government in the state.

The Supreme Court last week pulled up the UP government, saying it was not satisfied with the steps taken by it. It questioned the state government for not arresting the accused against whom an FIR has been registered.

On October 3, eight people, including four farmers, lost their lives after a farmers’ protest in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of the UP turned violent. The farmers protesting over UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit were allegedly mowed down by one of the vehicles which had BJP workers.

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