Jinnah a 'mahapurush', says Bahraich BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule

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BJP MP from Bahraich Savitri Bai Phule, who is vocal against Modi Government, and even said that Pakistan’s founder President Mohd Ali Jinnah was a mahapurush (great leader), has announced to hold a day long ‘ Dharna’  in Bahraich on May 15 to highlight conspiracy against dalits in the country.

“The democracy of the country is in threat. This is not my comment but it has been said by the judiciary and senior judges. There is a conspiracy to end or amend the reservation system to hit the Bahujan Samaj,” she said in Bahraich on Sunday.

Announcing that she will sit on dharna for a day on May 15 at the collectorate permises the BJP MP said: ”I am ready to sacrifice anything for the rights of the Bahujan Samaj.”

Without taking any name, she said that the atrocities on the dalits have increased while the governments, both the Centra and state, are not at all ready to address their problems.

When asked if she will contest the 2019 elections on BJP ticket, the MP was silent on the matter but said,” wait and see.” 

However, the rebel BJP MP, defended her statement in support of Jinnah saying she has not spoken anything wrong.

On Friday last, Phule had said Jinnah was a ‘mahapurush’ and controversy being raked up by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other associated organizations was just to divert attention of the people from the serious issues like increase in atrocities against the dalits.

“Jinnah like other leaders had played a staler role during freedom struggle. We should respect all of them. And Jinnah like others is also a `mahapurush’ whose contribution cannot be negated. We should respect contribution of all these leaders instead of looking at their caste and religion,” she said.

The statement of BJP MP came after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had supported the demand of removing portrait of Jinnah from AMU.  “The leaders who played instrumental role in dividing India should not be honoured in free India,” the CM had said in categorical statement.

BJP MP from Bahraich had  also criticised BJP leadership on different issues during the past couple of months. She is also critical of BJP leaders having dinner at the house of dalits during their Gram Swaraj Campaign.