Addressing an election rally in favour of the JD(U) candidate in Siwan, he said, “Our constitution doesn’t make provision for granting reservation to the people along religious lines, but Lalu says Muslims too should be given reservations.We want to tell Lalu that Hindus have awakened now. Reservation can’t be granted along religious lines, but still, if he wants to do that, he must go to Pakistan. It will never happen in India.”
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma: “If Bjp Wins 400 Seats, Will Construct Gyanvapi Temple”
Citing examples from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the Assam CM alleged that such measures came at the expense of other backward classes. “Karnataka’s decision to grant reservations to Muslims was done after robbing the reservations of Backward classes,” he claimed.
Sarma was reacting to a statement made by Lalu, who strongly advocated for granting reservation to Muslims. “Reservation must be given to the Muslims,” was how Lalu had told the media on May 7, triggering political storms. However, Lalu soon clarified that ‘the basis of reservation is not religion but social backwardness.”
Sarma further appealed to the masses to give 400 seats to the BJP to construct a grand temple in Mathura and Kasi. “We need 400 seats so that we can construct temples in Mathura and Kasi, get Kashmir from Pakistan and secure the newly constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya,” he said, adding that the Congress govt would bring Ram Lalla to the tent once again if voted to power.