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HC unhappy with Mayawati's alleged remarks on caste lines
Published: Friday, Dec 23, 2011, 20:28 IST
Place: Lucknow | Agency: PTI
Taking serious note of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's alleged
statement on caste lines, the Allahabad High Court Friday said a
person holding constitutional post should not make any statement
"which shall prove to be divisive in due course of time".
The Allahabad Bench of the High Court gave six weeks' time to the
Centre and state government to file their replies on a writ petition
filed by Brahman-Kshatriya Mahasangh seeking direction to Mayawati
desist from making any statement on caste lines.
A division bench comprising Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice
Devendra Kumar Arora, however, declined to issue notice to Mayawati in
this matter.
The court observed in its order that "prima facie, it appears that
once a person took an oath of office of a constitutional post in any
wing of the government, judiciary or legislature or hold a public
office, for such persons the entire country is one and action of such
person must be beyond caste, creed or religion so as to create
casteless or classless society in the country.
"Such persons should not make statement on the basis of caste, creed
or religion, which shall be divisive in due course of time".
The petitioners have alleged that on November 13, the BSP president,
during the Brahman Bhaichara Sammelan at Lucknow, requested the
gathering of Brahmins to vote for her party as the BSP intends to make
Rajnath Singh and the Congress Party Digvijay Singh as the Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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