Strongly condemning the attack on Christians allegedly by Sangh Parivar activists in Orissa, LJP leader and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan sought a ban on RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal.
NEW DELHI: Strongly condemning the attack on Christians allegedly by Sangh Parivar activists in Orissa, LJP leader and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday sought a ban on RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal.
The Lok Janshakti Party will hold a demonstration here on September four protesting the violence in Orissa which was "shameful and dangerous for national integrity", Paswan said here.
To a question as to why he opposed ban on SIMI, while demanding such an action against the Sangh Parivar outfits, he said "my suggestion is to set up an independent inquiry commission that will analyse the activities of various organisations and recommend ban if they are involved in any anti-national work".
The commission with social scientists and human rights activists as its member can study the role of various organisations in spreading terror and communal tension.
"If SIMI has to be banned, then why not VHP, Bajrang Dal or RSS," Paswan, who had shared power with BJP till 2002, shot back, adding that until there were evidences of SIMI's involvement in terror acts, it should not be banned.
On Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati declining to recommend CBI probe into the Kanpur blast incident in which two Bajrang Dal activists were killed, he said that it showed that the BSP supremo was going soft towards the BJP.
Paswan, who had shared power with BJP till 2002, hit back the saffron party for condemning his suggestion to grant citizenship to Bangladeshis in India, saying that it had failed to identify them when it led a coalition at the Centre.
"How can the BJP ask the Centre to push back Bangladeshis when it had failed to even identify them when it led the NDA government at the Centre or was now sharing power in Bihar," Paswan posed, a day after BJP asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take "action" against the LJP leader for his remark.
A recent conference of the party at Pushkar in Rajasthan passed a resolution saying that those Bangladeshis who are already staying in India should be provided citizenship.
The issue immediately generated heat in the political circles with BJP terming the suggestion as an open revolt against the Constitution and several directives of the Supreme Court on the issue of illegal settlers. Congress has, however, distanced itself from the statement.
Paswan said the Centre should declare a cut off date after which Bangladeshis coming to India without valid documents would be declared illegal immigrants.
Advocating reservation for the economically weak and minorities in government and private sectors, he said LJP workers will launch "direct action" from October 15 in every state and offer dharna before private sector units.
Supporting reservation for "socially and economically" backward groups, he said LJP feels that in view of their social and economic conditions, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people should get reservation in private sector.
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