Politics has intensified after the demolition of the platform being built for the statue of former minister Harishankar Tiwari in Chillupar assembly constituency of Gorakhpur. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav again targeted the BJP government regarding this. He said that this government has only one job and that is to spoil. If Harishankar ji’s people want to honor him and install his statue, then what is the problem with you? At the same time, when BJP MLA from Chillupar seat Rajesh Tripathi was talked to in this regard, he accused Harishankar Tiwari’s sons of doing politics.
It is noteworthy that recently, the platform being built for the statue of Harishankar Tiwari in Badhalganj Tanda village of Chillupar was demolished by the government. This issue was also raised by SP leaders in the Assembly. There itself, Akhilesh Yadav Had said that till now BJP’s bulldozer used to run on shops and houses, now it has started running on the honor and respect of the deceased also.
What did Chillupaar say? MLA Rajesh Tripathi?
But now on this issue, BJP MLA Rajesh Tripathi says that both the sons of Harishankar Tiwari ji could not respect their father during his lifetime and are not respecting their father even after his death. By playing with idols, they are hurting their father’s soul. They don’t even go to see the statue that was installed earlier.
According to Rajesh Tripathi, his political ground has slipped, hence he is using his father’s name. The issue of installing the statue is just a conspiracy. If the supporters want to install a statue then it is good, the statue should be installed, but it should be installed as per the rules.
At the same time, when Harishankar Tiwari was called ‘Brahmin Shiromani’, the BJP MLA from Chillupar said that I do not believe that he was a Brahmin Shiromani. He cannot be the ideal of any Brahmin. Since I am currently the MLA from his (Harishankar Tiwari) seat, I congratulate him on his birth anniversary, and this is also a political etiquette.
MLA Rajesh Tripathi said when will SP people stop telling lies? He told in the House that the gate built in the name of Harishankar Tiwari was broken, but in reality there is nothing like that. Only the semi-finished platform was demolished.
Statement of Harishankar Tiwari’s son Vinay Shankar
At the same time, Harishankar Tiwari’s son Vinay Shankar Tiwari had also written a long post on Facebook against the action of the district administration. In which he wrote, ‘Is this political anarchy… administrative hooliganism… or arrogance of power… height of meanness or personal enmity… challenge to Brahmin self-respect or murder of entire humanity… this decision will be taken on time by the people of Chillupar Assembly. So we will do it, the residents of the country and the state also have to do it!
Let us tell you that Shivpal Yadav had also raised this matter in the Assembly. He had said that Harishankar Tiwari is our source of inspiration. Samajwadi Party demands investigation in this matter.
Actually, on the birthday of Harishankar Tiwari, a platform was built to install his statue in his native village Tanda. Which was demolished by the police calling it illegal. Regarding this, the villagers argue that permission was taken for the statue, whereas the administration says that they had received a complaint that it is being built on government land for which permission has not been taken. Harishankar Tiwari had been MLA 7 times from Chillupar assembly seat of Gorakhpur. He was also a minister in the state government several times. Harishankar Tiwari passed away last year.