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Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) national president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister mayawati slammed the central government and bihar government in a press conference on Thursday. She strongly objected to the changes made in the Bodhgaya Mahabodhi temple Management Act 1949 and the Waqf Act recently passed by parliament and demanded immediate amendments from the government in both matters.
mayawati said that the Mahabodhi temple of Bodhgaya is the most sacred pilgrimage site of buddhism, but the participation of non-Buddhists in the maintenance and worship there is injustice to the faith of the Buddhist community. She said that in the 1949 law, four Hindu and four Buddhist representatives were included in the temple management committee, due to which the controversy has increased. mayawati called this law against the principles of secularism and demanded that the entire responsibility of the temple be given only to Buddhist monks and followers.
mayawati also spoke on Waqf
She also termed the provision of making non-Muslims members of Waqf Board in the recently passed Waqf Act as unfair and said that this has caused great anger in the Muslim community. The BSP chief urged the central government to suspend the Waqf Act for the time being and reconsider it.
At the beginning of the press conference, mayawati paid tribute to baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary on 14 April. She said that baba Saheb dedicated every moment of his life to give a life of respect to the Dalits and the deprived. But it is unfortunate that even today these sections are not getting the full benefit of the constitutional rights given by him.
She also reminded that baba Saheb had adopted buddhism on 14 october 1956, which some people are now trying to make "Sanatani", which is a matter of concern. He said that BSP was established on 14 april 1984 following the principles of baba Saheb and the party is still struggling to complete his unfinished mission.
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