SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya justifies Mulayam Singh Yadav's order of police firing on karsevaks in 1990
Lucknow, Jan 10: Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya sparked a fresh controversy as justified his order to open fire on karsevaks marching towards Ayodhya in 1990 resulting in the deaths of numerous unarmed karsevaks after the Rath Yatra. The UP Police had opened fire on karsevaks on 2 November 1990, during the Ram Mandir Andolan.
It is pertinent to mention that this came after Union Minister and Agra MP SP Singh Baghel stated, “Karsevaks were fired upon during the SP government, but if anyone from Samajwadi Party wants to come to the consecration ceremony of the Shri Ram Temple, he is welcome."
Responding to this, Maurya stated, "SP Singh Baghel has been a very good friend of ours. At that time he was in Samajwadi Party. He was also a member of the Samajwadi Party when this happened in Ayodhya. That is why they should remain silent".
Notably, Maurya’s statement comes a day after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reportedly rejected the invitation to the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony.
On November 2nd, 1990, the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh ordered police to open fire on Karsevaks (religious volunteers) who were protesting peacefully in Ayodhya for the reclamation of land to build a Ram Mandir. At least 40 Karsevaks were killed in the indiscriminate firing. Many others were injured in police lathi-charge and brutality. Videos from the incident show police clashing with sadhus and seers, firing bullets, forcibly taking away devotees and protesters throwing stones amidst chants of “Jai Shri Ram”.
"At the time the incident occurred at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Unruly elements committed large-scale vandalism without judicial or administrative intervention.”
Maurya also said, "The Mulayam government ordered firing on karsevaks to safeguard the constitution and the law and to protect the peace, the then government gave shoot-at-sight orders. The government merely did its duty”.
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It is pertinent to mention that this came after Union Minister and Agra MP SP Singh Baghel stated, “Karsevaks were fired upon during the SP government, but if anyone from Samajwadi Party wants to come to the consecration ceremony of the Shri Ram Temple, he is welcome."
Responding to this, Maurya stated, "SP Singh Baghel has been a very good friend of ours. At that time he was in Samajwadi Party. He was also a member of the Samajwadi Party when this happened in Ayodhya. That is why they should remain silent".
Notably, Maurya’s statement comes a day after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reportedly rejected the invitation to the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony.
The brutal killings of karsevaks in 1990
On November 2nd, 1990, the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh ordered police to open fire on Karsevaks (religious volunteers) who were protesting peacefully in Ayodhya for the reclamation of land to build a Ram Mandir. At least 40 Karsevaks were killed in the indiscriminate firing. Many others were injured in police lathi-charge and brutality. Videos from the incident show police clashing with sadhus and seers, firing bullets, forcibly taking away devotees and protesters throwing stones amidst chants of “Jai Shri Ram”.
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