New Delhi: Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Saturday slammed Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya for his’ lungi chaap’ comment and claimed that “Not all who wear lungis are criminals.”
Alvi in his statement further added, half of Uttar Pradesh’s Hindu population wear lungis, and later questioned CM that was his statement meaning that all lungi-wearers are criminals?
Maurya, at an event in Pragyaraj, where he was addressing a traders meet, he had described those wearing “Lungi and Topi” as a challenge to the law and order situation for previous governments in Uttar Pradesh.
Maurya had said, “Before 2017, how many lungi-clad goons used to roam here? Who in skull caps used to threaten the traders while carrying guns? Who used to encroach upon your land and threaten you to not go to Police?”
Alvi later attacked BJP and said that they are “targeting a particular community” to win Uttar Pradesh elections.
Further, Avli said that the “public has understood the cleverness of BJP” and the BJP is “frightened by this truth”.
Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are scheduled to take place early next year.
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP won a landslide victory winning 312 Assembly seats. The party secured a 39.67 per cent vote share in the elections for 403-member Assembly. Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, BSP won 19 while Congress could manage to win only seven seats.
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