The MLA accused the Samajwadi Social gathering of training caste bias, claiming that Dalits, OBCs and EBCs are relegated to second-class standing, whereas Muslims are given prominence within the organisation, even when they carry prison backgrounds.
Expelled Samajwadi Social gathering (SP) legislator Pooja Pal has sharply criticised get together chief Akhilesh Yadav in a strongly worded letter, questioning the double requirements behind her elimination from the get together. Pal, an MLA from Uttar Pradesh, was lately ousted after she praised Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and allegedly voted for a BJP Rajya Sabha candidate. In her open letter, Pal accused Yadav of punishing her whereas overlooking comparable actions taken by senior get together leaders and even his circle of relatives.
‘Why my punishment, however not yours?’: Pal
Pal wrote that if her expulsion was as a result of she voted for a BJP candidate, then Yadav himself have to be questioned for having supported BJP nominees in Delhi’s Constitutional Membership elections, alongside along with his spouse. “For those who can vote for BJP candidates, why is it a criminal offense once I did the identical? Is it solely conceitedness that makes you see guilt in a widow, from a particularly backward group, however not in your personal household?” she requested.
‘Dalits and OBCs are secondary in SP’: Pooja Pal
The legislator alleged that throughout the SP, Dalits, OBCs and EBCs are handled as second-class residents, whereas Muslims, no matter their prison backgrounds, are elevated. She mentioned she had initially joined the SP with religion that Yadav would combat for justice in opposition to her husband’s killers, however was left disillusioned when the get together allegedly sided with these accused.
“I realised quickly that in Samajwadi Social gathering, the primary precedence is all the time to offer respect and energy to criminals in the event that they occur to be Muslim,” she wrote.
‘BJP delivered justice’
Pal in contrast Yadav’s alleged biases with the BJP, saying that beneath Adityanath’s rule, her husband’s killers had been punished. “Not like SP, BJP ensured criminals confronted justice,” she mentioned, including that this restored her religion within the ruling get together’s dedication to legislation and order.
Recalling husband’s homicide case
In a deeply emotional part, Pal recalled her husband’s brutal homicide, claiming he was killed merely for successful an election. She alleged that the killers, together with gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, had been shielded by SP leaders. “Even in loss of life, I used to be denied my husband’s physique for a correct final ceremony by the SP authorities of the time,” she alleged.
Pal mentioned she endured private tragedies and threats however by no means bowed earlier than the mafia. “Akhilesh Yadav could have bent earlier than criminals like Atiq, however I’ve by no means finished so,” she asserted.
Warning of risk to her personal life
The expelled MLA alleged that SP staff incessantly abused her on social media and even issued loss of life threats. She ended her letter with a chilling assertion that if she too had been to be killed, accountability needs to be fastened on the Samajwadi Social gathering and Akhilesh Yadav immediately.
The political fallout
Pooja Pal’s expulsion and explosive allegations add to tensions throughout the Samajwadi Social gathering simply months forward of native elections. Her claims of caste bias, political hypocrisy, and tacit assist for prison components are more likely to gasoline the ruling BJP’s assaults on SP’s credibility.