'One can expect such utterances only from someone who has lost his mental equilibrium and not from the national president of a major political party,' said senior Samajwadi Party leader and Lok Sabha member Kunwar Reoti Raman Singh.
Attacking BJP president Nitin Gadkari for his controversial remarks against Congress over the delay in hanging death row convict Afzal Guru, Samajwadi Party today said they could be expected only from someone who had lost his mental balance.
"It (Gadkari's remark) was highly unfortunate. One can expect such utterances only from someone who has lost his mental equilibrium and not from the national president of a major political party," senior Samajwadi Party leader and Lok Sabha member Kunwar Reoti Raman Singh told reporters in Allahabad.
"Gadkari's remark are a reflection upon the BJP's politics of hate and the party's disregard for democratic norms and decorum in public life. While he has raised questions about the delay in executing Afzal Guru, he should in turn be asked whether he himself is not raking up the issue to create an atmosphere of acrimony against minorities", Singh said adding this is where the difference between BJP and SP lies.
"We have been opposing the Congress-led government on every anti-people policy adopted by it but never stooped to such levels. We have always believed that decency must not be given up while expressing political differences", he said.
Singh also disclosed that the SP would be holding state-wide agitations on July 12 in protest against the "misdeeds of the anti-people BSP government in Uttar Pradesh".
"We have already expressed our anger against the UPA government at the Centre during the Bharat Bandh earlier this week. Now, it is the turn of the Mayawati regime. It will have to answer to the people of the state who are suffering on account of misrule", he added.
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