Right-wing group asks Yogi Adityanath to apologise for allegedly calling Lord Hanuman ‘Dalit’

Rajasthan based right-wing group on Wednesday sent a legal notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asking him to apologise within three days for allegedly calling Lord Hanuman a Dalit.

The notice reads, “I am saddened that UP chief minister called Lord Hanuman deprived. His statement has hurt religious sentiments of several devotees. Those who are deprived they get strength to fight the odds. It is a sheer attempt to take political mileage in election.”

It is to be noted that during an election rally Malakheda of Alwar district on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said, “Hanuman was a forest dweller, deprived and a Dalit. Bajrang Bali worked to connect all Indian communities together, from north to south and east to west.” “This was his resolve as it was Lord Ram’s wish. Just like him, we should also not rest till we fulfil that wish,” he added.

He also noted that the people of the district would vote for ‘Ram bhakts’ and not ‘Ravana.’ Rajasthan Sarv Brahmin Mahasabha president Suresh Mishra has now sent a notice to Adityanath, accusing him of dragging Lord Hanuman’s caste for political gain for the BJP in the State where Assembly polls will be held on December 7.

In the meantime, Adityanath’s comments have triggered a ‘war of words’ prompting the Congress to blame the BJP for its dual face. Senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari condemned the remarks of Yogi Adityanath, saying that the BJP divides individual and the society but it is for the first time that it has divided gods into castes.

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