BJP Considers Brahminism As Hindu Religion, Ignores 90% Of India: SP Leader Swami Prasad Maurya

Notably, Maurya had switched sides from the BJP to join the SP in 2022, just a month before the UP assembly elections.

Swami Prasad Maurya had switched sides from the BJP to join the SP in 2022.

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) considers "Brahmin religion", which is followed by only 10 per cent of the people, as "Hindu religion" and does not consider tribals, Dalits, and other backward classes, who form the majority of Indians, as Hindus, reported news agency PTI.

Maurya told PTI that the ruling BJP-led NDA is a "Non-Democratic Alliance", as he exuded confidence that the opposition bloc's INDIA will deliver a defeat to the two-time Narendra Modi government at the Centre in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.

In an interview with PTI, he said, "On Saturday, I was attending a 'samajik nyay sammelan' organised by the party in Azamgarh. The religion, the BJP cites, there is nothing called Hindu religion. They consider Brahmin religion as the Hindu religion."

"When they do not consider the tribals, Dalits, and backwards as Hindus, who constitute 90 per cent of the population, then with only 10 per cent people's statement, will it become Hindu religion? This is Brahmin religion, and in order to maintain the supremacy of their religion, they despicably insult the tribals, the Dalits and the backwards," Maurya told PTI over the phone.

Notably, Maurya had switched sides from the BJP to join the SP in 2022, just a month before the UP assembly elections.

Last Sunday, Maurya had accused the BJP of stoking communal sentiments with its support to the Gyanvapi mosque issue.

He had told reporters in Lucknow, "They are looking for a temple in every mosque. This will cost them dearly. Because if they look for a temple in every mosque then people will start searching for a Buddhist monastery in every temple."

When asked about how the INDIA, the opposition alliance, will be different from other regional alliances, Maurya asserted the alliance will be different in that it will consolidate votes, which otherwise used to go to different parties.

"The BJP used to come to power with 40-42 per cent of the votes. The rest of the 60 per cent votes of the opposition used to split among different platforms. With the formation of INDIA, the votes will consolidate on a single platform," he said.

"Whenever alliances are made at the national level, be it Janata Party or Janata Dal, both of them were successful, and both had uprooted the then governments. The INDIA alliance will uproot BJP from power. To save the country, Constitution, democracy, and reservation, and to conduct a caste survey, a farewell needs to be given to the BJP in the 2024 general elections," he added.