Bhim Army chief released from jail, says will ensure BJP bites dust in 2019

  • | Friday | 14th September, 2018

Saharanpur: Hours after being released from jail, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Friday said he will ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is routed in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He claimed that he met several inconsolable youngsters inside the jail who were falsely implicated by the police due to their caste.“It's a very long constitutional fight for our rights. However, police booked him under the stringent National Security Act days before his release. Azad walked out of the jail around 2:40 am as hundreds of his supporters wearing blue 'Bhim Army' caps had gathered outside the prison to celebrate his release.The Allahabad High Court had granted him bail on November 2, 2017. While UP government in an order said they released Azad considering a plea from his mother, the Dalit leader said the government was scared of a rap from the Supreme Court where his plea was to be heard on Friday.

Saharanpur: Hours after being released from jail, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Friday said he will ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is routed in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Azad walked out of the jail around 2:40 am as hundreds of his supporters wearing blue 'Bhim Army' caps had gathered outside the prison to celebrate his release.The Allahabad High Court had granted him bail on November 2, 2017. However, police booked him under the stringent National Security Act days before his release. Under the NSA, he was to be detained till October 30. While UP government in an order said they released Azad considering a plea from his mother, the Dalit leader said the government was scared of a rap from the Supreme Court where his plea was to be heard on Friday. The state government’s release orders came even as the Saharanpur district magistrate had submitted an adverse report against Azad two weeks ago.The Dalit leader said his stay inside the prison had strengthened his resolve to fight against the alleged atrocities being committed against Dalits. He claimed that he met several inconsolable youngsters inside the jail who were falsely implicated by the police due to their caste.“It's a very long constitutional fight for our rights. It's time for the real battle. The Bhim Army was faltering in the absence of a leader, but I have returned now,” the 31-year-old Dalit leader said, adding that he will not contest elections.Talking about the treatment meted out to him inside the prison, Azad said he was given “dry rotis” and his family was not allowed to meet him."All that I went through, I will make sure to return it to the BJP with interest in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls," he said, adding that he will not contest the upcoming elections.He further said the government was playing politics on the SC/ST Act issue and the Dalit community will give a befitting answer to the BJP in the 2019 elections.“The March 20 Supreme Court judgment diluting the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was based on the government's views against the law," he said.“Now, they have passed an amendment bill to restore the original version of the Act. We know what they are trying to do," he added.

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