RSS won’t accept Constitution: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan
Bengaluru, September 2: Senior advocate and social activist Prashant Bhushan said that the RSS would not accept the Constitution, but it would oppose it.
Speaking at Sahitya Sammelan Dakshinayana for Harmony at the Central College here on Sunday, he said that those who are in public life and power should decide to protect the Constitution. But the RSS has never done this work. Interestingly, those who have been opposing the Constitution and posting hateful messages in social media have been following the Prime Minister’s social media. They were inviting them and take selfies. The Organised Army of the RSS has been doing the work of manipulating the news and posting them in social media, he said.
Through false and fabricated news, the thinking process of the people was being changed. But it was not feeding the farmers. Dalits and tribals were being suppressed and exploited and they were not getting justice, he said.
“There is undeclared emergency in the country and the situation is so worst and weak. Those who speak and write against the government are being targeted. Most of the media houses are under the direct control of the central government. They are either being threatened of cancelling the permission or bribing. BJP and Hindu activists are trying to build Hindu nation. They are not respecting the unity in diversity. Thinking freedom in JNU is being suppressed. If it is questioned, they threaten to close the university. They are planning to change the entire education system as they want. Awareness should be created against this. The message which respect the diversity should be spread among people”, he said.
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BJP claims Kejriwal spent Rs 31 lakh monthly on maintenance of CM's bungalow from 2015 to 2022
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI): The BJP lashed out at AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday citing an RTI reply that revealed Rs 3.69 crore was spent annually between 2015 and 2022 for the regular maintenance of the former chief minister's bungalow at 6, Flagstaff Road.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, quoting the RTI reply, said a total of Rs 29.56 crore was spent between March 31, 2015, and December 27, 2022, on general repairs, sewage, electricity and structural works of the bungalow that was occupied by Kejriwal when he was the chief minister.
While the BJP leader asked Kejriwal to "come forward and explain what exactly was lacking in his bungalow that required Rs 31 lakh to be spent every month on its maintenance", the AAP sought to know what the ruling party would achieve by abusing Kejriwal.
The opposition party pointed out that the bungalow was a government accommodation, not Kejriwal's private property.
Sachdeva said details obtained through a Right To Information (RTI) query have shown that Rs 3,69,54,384 was spent annually on regular maintenance of the bungalow.
Kejriwal, who came to power with promises of leading a government for the common man, was exposed by his "luxurious lifestyle" at the "Sheesh Mahal" constructed "secretively at a cost of Rs 52 crore", Sachdeva claimed.
The BJP has been targeting the AAP and Kejriwal over the reconstruction works at the bungalow, describing it as a "Sheesh Mahal" for its "expensive" interiors and household goods.
"We are presenting more evidence of Kejriwal's five-star lifestyle and corruption, and we demand an immediate response from him," Sachdeva said at a press conference here.
The Delhi BJP chief said a person from Maharashtra had filed the RTI query, seeking details of the maintenance expenses on the bungalow and added that the figures revealed Kejriwal's "extravagant lifestyle" and "corruption" in government works.
"In Delhi, where one can build a decent 250-300 square yard house spending Rs 3 to 4 crore, the cost of maintenance of Kejriwal's bungalow at Rs 3.69 crore annually is astonishing," he said.
The BJP leader said that Kejriwal has been avoiding answering the questions for a long time. The people of Delhi expect him to come forward and clarify what exactly was so deficient in his bungalow that Rs 31 lakh per month was needed for its maintenance, he added.
AAP hit back, saying the BJP "betrayed" Delhi and did not provide Rs 2,500 for women and free cylinders on Holi which proved that their poll promises were just gimmick.
While Delhi is suffering due to power cuts and arbitrary fee hikes by private schools, the BJP president is busy hurling abuses at Kejriwal, the opposition party alleged.
