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Controversy over Ramcharitmanas aimed at benefitting SP, BJP: Mayawati
Updated On: 30 January, 2023 10:40 AM IST | Lucknow | PTI
In a series of tweets, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati said BJP`s designs at creating new controversies for political gains is well known, but the Samajwadi Party (SP) is also doing the same
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BSP president Mayawati. File Pic
BSP president Mayawati on Monday alleged that the recent controversy over Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya`s remarks on the `Ramcharitmanas` was aimed at benefitting his party and the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh electorally.
Maurya, a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh, kickstarted a controversy on January 22 when he alleged that certain verses in the `Ramcharitmanas` -- a popular version of the Ramayana penned by Tulsidas -- "insult" a large section of society on the basis of caste as he demanded a ban on those passages in the text.
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