Politics being played in the name of a particular community in UP and Assam: Gaurav Gogoi

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday said that politics is being played in the name of a particular community in Uttar Pradesh and Assam.

“After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is unable to come to terms with its moral defeat. So it has returned to the path of communal politics. If there is an order directing shopkeepers to display their names on their food stalls in Uttar Pradesh during the Kanwar yatra, in Assam it is about the people of a particular community,” Gogoi said.

He slammed the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh for its recent decision to make it mandatory for shopkeepers to put their names on their stalls. He said the move is aimed at stoking tensions among the people as the BJP is unable to come to terms with its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

The Congress vice-president in Parliament said the BJP has returned to communal politics and is unable to overcome the moral defeat.

The Congress MP also criticised the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government for its decision to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act, 1935 to prevent child marriages and ensure equality in registration of marriages and divorces.

Gogoi said the Lok Sabha results clearly showed that people have rejected the BJP’s narrative of ‘communal politics’.

Gogoi pointed out that our names help people identify us based on our caste, religion or tribe, which can create divisions in society.

“In India, our names symbolise our caste, our religion and our tribe. Does the BJP want to create a society where people decide whether to go to a shop or not, based on their caste, religion or caste? Can that society remain united, peaceful, our belief in brotherhood? Is it in accordance with what Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s constitution states,” he asked.