NEW DELHI: Maharashtra MLA and Samajwadi Occasion (SP) chief Abu Azmi was suspended from the state meeting on Wednesday over his controversial comment on Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb. Azmi has been suspended until the tip of Maharashtra’s ongoing funds session.
Azmi’s assertion stroked an argument after he had claimed that India flourished beneath Aurangzeb’s reign.
Reacting to his suspension, Azmi referred to as the motion in opposition to him “unfair” and an “injustice” to the “hundreds of thousands of individuals” he represents.
“My suspension from the Maharashtra meeting for the funds session is not only an injustice to me but additionally to the hundreds of thousands of individuals I signify. That is an unfair motion in opposition to me. I want to ask the Maharashtra authorities—are there two units of legal guidelines within the state? One regulation for Abu Asim Azmi and one other for Prashant Kortkar and Rahul Sholapurkar?” he mentioned on X.
Final week, throughout an interview, Azmi mentioned Aurangzeb shouldn’t be considered merely as a merciless ruler, however relatively as an incredible administrator who additionally constructed temples. He had additionally mentioned that in Aurangzeb’s reign, India’s border reached Afghanistan and Burma (now Myanmar).
“Additionally, I don’t consider that the battle between Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and Aurangzeb was not about faith; it was a political battle,” he added.
Later, the Maharashtra Samajwadi Occasion chief apologised for his comment however on the similar time justified the assertion saying he solely mentioned what the historians and the writers have already mentioned in regards to the Mughal ruler and that it was in no method in opposition to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj or Sambhaji Maharaj including that his “phrases have been twisted”.
In a sharp-worded criticism, deputy CM Eknath Shinde referred to as Azmi “traitor”.
“Azmi is a traitor and has no proper to sit down within the meeting. He has all the time been insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji and Sambhaji Maharaj,” Shinde mentioned.
FIRs have been registered in opposition to Azmi for hurting spiritual sentiments and defamation beneath the BNS, even because the MLA from Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar issued an announcement saying his remarks have been within the context of the movie “Chhava”, which depicts the battle between Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and Aurangzeb.
Quickly after Abu Azmi’s suspension, Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav hit out on the BJP, saying the motion in opposition to his occasion chief was an try and “silence the reality”.
“If suspensions begin being influenced by ideology, then what is going to stay the distinction between freedom of expression and subjugation? Whether or not it is our legislators or parliamentarians, their fearless knowledge is unparalleled. If some folks assume {that a} “suspension” can silence the reality, then it’s nothing however the immaturity of their unfavorable considering,” Akhliesh Yadav wrote on X.
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