Organisation bigger than government, tweets UP Deputy CM Maurya
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday said the organisation is bigger than the government, amid speculation of the BJP appointing a new party chief in the state.
Swatantra Dev Singh, a minister in the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, had earlier resigned from the post of the state BJP chief.
In a one-line tweet in Hindi, Maurya said, "Sangathan sarkaar se barhaa hai!' (the organisation is bigger than the government!)."
Despite repeated efforts, Maurya could not be contacted for comments.
A party office-bearer told PTI, "He (Keshav Prasad Maurya) has always said from every forum and even in public programmes that party workers should not consider themselves less than a deputy CM, and the officials should understand this. Today, he said the same thing in Ghaziabad, and also tweeted it."
An influential OBC leader, Maurya had served as the Uttar Pradesh BJP chief during the 2017 UP Assembly elections.
The appointment of the new UP BJP chief is also important from the point of view of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Maurya was recently appointed the leader of the party's legislature party in the Legislative Council in place of Swatantra Dev Singh.
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Jammu: Bus driver brutally beaten by cow vigilante after accidentally hitting stray calf
Jammu: A bus driver was severely beaten by a self-proclaimed cow vigilante after his vehicle accidentally hit and killed a stray calf and bull in the Ghati area of Kathua district on Tuesday night.
The driver, identified as Ramesh Kumar, was pulled out of his bus and assaulted with wooden sticks by Ravinder Singh, the vigilante, leaving him critically injured.
The incident occurred when the bus struck the stray animals on the road, resulting in their deaths. Singh, along with his supporters, confronted Kumar and began the assault despite his desperate pleas for mercy. Singh's relentless attack left the driver in critical condition, necessitating immediate medical treatment at a local hospital.
The attack has incited outrage in the community, leading to widespread protests. Residents took to the streets, demanding Singh's immediate arrest and condemning his actions. Protesters argued that Singh had no right to take the law into his own hands and should have reported the incident to the police instead of resorting to violence.
The community is calling for justice for Ramesh Kumar and is urging for stricter measures to prevent such vigilante actions in the future.
This incident is part of a troubling trend of assaults by cow vigilantes in India. Just two days prior, two lemon traders from Haryana were thrashed by a group of about 20 cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Churu district under suspicion of transporting cows.
