Bahujan Samaj Party delegation meets President, demands probe into Jamia violence

New Delhi: A Bahujan Samaj Party delegation met with President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday over Citizenship Amendment Act and the violence that followed over the issue.

The delegation, led by Satish Chandra Mishra, National Secretary of the BSP and parliamentary party leader Danish Ali, gave a memorandum to the President.

The Bahujan Samaj Party leaders requested a judicial inquiry into the violence that took place on Sunday at Jamia Millia Islamia. The delegation also urged to withdraw the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

They alleged that the Bill, recently enacted by Parliament, is against the Constitution of India and its Article 14 and 21.

Speaking with IANS, Danish Ali said, “We are opposing this law because it is against the basic structure of the Constitution of India. In the Preamble itself, equality has been given a thrust that says no discrimination should happen over caste, creed, and religion. Whereas this law grants citizenship on the basis of religion. So, we demand the repeal of this Act.”

Expressing his concern over violence in Jamia Millia Islamia, Ali said, “I am a Jamia Alumni. I requested the visitor of my alma mater, who is Rashtrapati Ji, to order a high-level probe to enquire into the brutality against the students who were studying in the library and loss of the infrastructure of the university. I am also the court member of Aligarh Muslim University and the President is also visiting here. The police went inside the hostel and unleashed brutality. So, we have requested that a high-level probe, preferably a judicial probe must be conducted and the culprits should be punished.” (IANS)

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