Why no quota for Dalits in AMU & Jamia: UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath

KANPUR: UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has asked why should Dalit and backward students not get the benefit of caste reservation in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) or Jamia Millia Islamia and questioned the silence of those who claim to be the “champions of the downtrodden” in a subtle reference to Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.
“Ek prashna yeh bhi puchha jana chahiye jo keh rahe hain ki Dalit ka apman ho raha hai, ki akhir Dalit bhaiyon ko Aligarh Muslim University aur Jamia Millia Islamia mein bhi aarakshan dene ka labh milna chahiye, is baat ko uthane ka karya kab karenge (Question should also be raised to all those who are saying that Dalits are being subjected to humiliation that what are they doing for reservation for our dalit brothers in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia),” Yogi said at a programme held on Monday at Chhibramau in Kannauj, the parliamentary constituency of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav.“If BHU can give reservation to Dalits and backwards, then why not Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia,” he questioned.
Yogi also said that the opposition was trying to defame BJP by saying that it’s an anti-Dalit party.
Yogi also alleged that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi remembered temples only during elections. “Four generations of Rahul’s family have never worn a‘janeu’ (sacred thread worn by Hindus), but at the time of elections, he shows his ‘janeu’. Four generations of Rahul Gandhi’s family never moved a step towards a temple. One should visit a temple with a feeling of devotion and not for politics or to show off,” he said.
The CM also accused Congress leaders of trying to demotivate the Indian Army.