Lucknow,
02 May (HS): In Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, the national president
of the Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party, Swami Prasad Maurya, held a press
conference in Gomti Nagar on Saturday, raising serious questions about the law
and order situation in Uttar Pradesh. Swami Prasad Maurya, who has been in the
news for his sharp statements, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
government in the state of conducting police actions based on caste.
Addressing
journalists, Swami Prasad Maurya said that Dalits and backward classes are
being killed in encounters in Uttar Pradesh, while criminals are being
protected based on caste. He said that backward classes are being subjected to
either half or full encounters. He warned of a protest against the government
on May 4 if law and order is not improved and action is not taken against those
accused in recent crimes against women. Referring
to the incidents in Hardoi and Ghazipur, Maurya claimed jungle raj
prevailed in the state and said the rule of law had ended. He described the
incidents in those districts as gross negligence on the part of the police.
He
said that the murder of a girl with a shovel in Mallawan, Hardoi, was the
result of police negligence. He also accused the police of not arresting the
criminals in the case of rape and murder of a girl in Ghazipur. Similarly, an
incident of gang rape of a girl has come to light in Pratapgarh. Expressing
displeasure over the action taken against Dalits and backward classes in Kanpur
and Moradabad, he said that the police are taking action on caste basis. He
said that these incidents are contrary to the government's claims of law and
order and zero tolerance policy in the state.
Swami
Prasad Maurya condemned the police for filing a case against party workers who
had gone to meet the victim's family. He warned that if law and order did not
improve and action was not taken against the accused in the Ghazipur case, they
would launch a protest on May 4th.
Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi
02 May 2026
