Mumbai: Reacting to widespread outrage over an Allahabad High Court judge’s statement that the country should run as per the wishes of the majority, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed that "whoever speaks the truth" is threatened. Over the Opposition’s impeachment motion against Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, the BJP CM repeated that those who speak the truth are threatened this way, PTI reported.
Speaking at the World Hindu Economic Forum 2024, he also accused Congress of practising double standards.
"Whoever speaks the truth, these people will pressurise him with impeachment (motions), and still they talk about the Constitution. Look at their double standards.
"An Allahabad High Court judge said there should be a Uniform Civil Code, and the world over, the feelings of the majority community are respected," the UP chief minister said.
What was a person's crime if he voiced these opinions, he asked.
"Shouldn't there be a Uniform Civil Code in the country? The world over, the system runs as per what the majority community says, and India is saying the discrimination between majority and minority communities should end. They (the Congress) will pressurise because it is their old habit of strangulating the Constitution and managing the system of the country," Adityanath alleged.
As to the notice to impeach Dhankhar for his alleged partisan role as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the BJP leader said the Vice President is doing his duty as presiding officer of the Upper House.
"The Opposition is worried as to how a farmer's son has reached this position. If someone as a judge as well as a citizen of the country puts forth truth on a social and cultural platform, he is threatened with impeachment," Adityanath added.