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Civic poll: BJP raising Afzal issue
AS THE civic election is round the corner, various political parties have stepped up their campaigning for the poll. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are raising the issue of Mohd Afzal Guru?s death penalty. Afzal is facing death penalty for his involvement in the attack on Parliament. The saffron brigade, it seems, has set aside the civic problems that are related to municipal corporation election. At various meetings in Ghasi Katra and other places, BJP MP Yogi Adityanath raised the issue of the death penalty of Afzal Guru.
AS THE civic election is round the corner, various political parties have stepped up their campaigning for the poll.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are raising the issue of Mohd Afzal Guru’s death penalty. Afzal is facing death penalty for his involvement in the attack on Parliament.
The saffron brigade, it seems, has set aside the civic problems that are related to municipal corporation election.
At various meetings in Ghasi Katra and other places, BJP MP Yogi Adityanath raised the issue of the death penalty of Afzal Guru.
He said that it was unfair to demand mercy for Afzal. He also said the people of India would not forgive and forget those who blindly supported the Afzal for vote bank politics and on the pretext of social unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.
The saffron brigade activists also burnt an effigy of former chief minister Farooq Abdullah to express their anger over his statement claiming Afzal innocent.
The Samajwadi Party (SP), too, launched a vigorous campaigning.
A former party MLC Devendra Pratap Singh criticised the saffron brigade for raising such issue to polarise the voters.
He laid stress on the need for peace and social harmony for development. He said the saffron brigade leaders were dividing the society in name of religion.
He also appealed to the people to ensure the victory of SP candidate Sitaram Jaiswal.
Coming down heavily on the forces raising the sentimental issues in local body election, independent candidate for mayoral post Prof Anirudh Prasad said that misuse of religious sentiment in an election has posed threat to democracy.
