AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that several public meets will be held in Saharanpur, Meerut, Agra and ... Read More

LUCKNOW: Picking up issues of Dalits, farmers, women, minorities, electricity privatization , shikshamitra and other marginalized, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to launch a ' Jann Adhikar Andolan ' from West UP starting May 5.

To begin from Saharanpur, AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday said that several public meets will be held in Saharanpur, Meerut, Agra and Aligarh till May 10. In the second phase, the party will take out a 'Jann Adhikar Paddyatra' from Banaras to Balia between May 20 to June 5 covering around 350 kilometers, to be led by Singh himself.

Singh also said that Congress led impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India (CJI) was done in unorganised haste. "I had signaled caution then itself but Congress was in some haste. The opposition didn't even have the required strength for the motion and all of it just ended up in drama," he said.

Addressing a press meet in the city on the day, Singh expressed disbelief at the number of struggles currently brewing in the country and especially the ones in Uttar Pradesh. He said, " The issue of women's security is a raging issue in the country. Minors are being raped and politicians are only making insensitive comments on the situation. The problem of 1.70 lakh unemployed shikshamitra is being ignored in UP. Atleast 500 of them have lost their lives, either by committing suicide, or dying in extreme poverty and ill health, even when the BJP government had promised in its manifesto to take their responsibility."

Singh said that the yatra would culminate on June 5 in Balia, the birth place of socialist leader Jay Prakash Narayan. "It is the date when Jay Prakash Narayan had given the slogan of Sampoorna Kranti. Following this phase, other parts of UP from Ayodhya to Dewa and Rohilkhand to Bundelkhand will be covered," he said.

Expressing anguish on the Kushinagar accident where 13 children lost their lives, Singh said, "It is extremely unfortunate that even after 70 years of independence and in times when we are discussing bullet trains and railway expansion, there are still unmanned and un-gated crossings in rural areas. The railway ministry should take responsibility and give adequate compensation to families of the victim.

Condemning CM Yogi for his insensitive remark on protesters in Kushinagar, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said the CM should come out of his Maharaja phase, lose the pride and behave as an elected public representative. He said CM Yogi and BJP has made a drama out of the country and not the protesters.

"It is infact BJP that is the country's biggest nautanki party and asking angry parents to "stop the nautanki' is extremely uncalled for," he said, while addressing reporters in the press meet in Lucknow on Thursday.

Reacting to CM Yogi being awarded the Dalit Mitra (friend) by the Ambedkar Mahasabha, Singh said, "He is not Dalit Mitra but Dalit Shatru (enemy). It was under Yogi and the BJP government that Saharanpur burnt for 40 days. Going and eating at a Dalit's home on Wednesday, only shows that you do not consider them humans, but publicity material."

