‘Dishonour’: SP Faces BJP Fireplace After MP’s Comment On Wing Commander Vyomika Singh’s Caste – News18

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Ram Gopal Yadav is being criticised for his remarks on Vyomika Singh’s caste. (News18/X)
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) has hit again strongly on the Samajwadi Get together over their MP Ram Gopal Yadav’s remarks on the caste of Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, who was seen within the media briefings on Operation Sindoor.
Yadav, whereas talking in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad on Thursday, mentioned that the three outstanding faces who have been addressing press conferences to transient the nation on the motion towards Pakistan have been from the PDA neighborhood. “Colonel Sophia Qureshi is a Muslim, Air Marshall Awadhesh Bharti is a Yadav from Bihar, and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh is a Jatav from Haryana.”
He then went on to specify the sub caste amongst Jatavs and used a phrase, which has lengthy been declared unparliamentary.
The time period PDA has been coined by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, denoting Pichda for OBCs, Dalits for SC/STs, Alpsankhyaks for minorities. Akhilesh has been wooing the three teams to broaden the bottom of the SP. It paid off for Akhilesh throughout final yr’s Lok Sabha polls, with the SP seen successful a sizeable chunk of Dalit and Kurmi votes, aside from its conventional base of Yadavs and Muslims, which resulted within the BJP’s tally taking place. Ever since, Akhilesh has been selling Dalits and non-Yadav OBCs inside the celebration, together with his fixed companion being Awadhesh Prasad, a Dalit, who acquired elected as an SP MP from Ayodhya. However Ram Gopal’s statements might hit this endeavour.
सेना की वर्दी ‘जातिवादी चश्मे’ से नहीं देखी जाती है। भारतीय सेना का प्रत्येक सैनिक ‘राष्ट्रधर्म’ निभाता है, न कि किसी जाति या मजहब का प्रतिनिधि होता है।समाजवादी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय महासचिव द्वारा एक वीरांगना बेटी को जाति की परिधि में बांधना न केवल उनकी पार्टी की संकुचित सोच का…
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) Might 15, 2025
BJP’S ATTACK
UP CM Yogi Adityanath took to social media and referred to as it a dishonour to the defence forces. “This distorted castiest mentality results in dividing troopers on caste traces only for votes,” he mentioned.
जाति व धर्म से परे होती है सेना। सेना का एक ही धर्म होता है ‘देश की रक्षा’। इसलिए सेना में जाति व धर्म देखना ‘ओछी मानसिकता’ है।प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी ने सेना में भी महिला सशक्तिकरण पर ख़ासा ज़ोर दिया है। सबको उन पर भरोसा करना चाहिए।
— Keshav Prasad Maurya (@kpmaurya1) Might 15, 2025
Deputy CM Keshav Maurya mentioned Vyomika Singh is India’s pleasure and honour. “By labelling her with a caste, Ram Gopal Yadav is disrespecting not simply the officer however your entire nation,” Maurya mentioned, including, “Samajwadi Get together has a historical past. When Akhilesh Yadav was the Chief Minister, he withdrew circumstances towards terrorists who have been later sentenced to loss of life or life imprisonment when the case was heard within the courtroom. Samajwadi Get together is a celebration that helps terrorists, their hypocrisy has been uncovered.”
UP BJP chief Bhupender Chowdhry mentioned that each Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal are unable to digest India’s victory over Pakistan and due to this fact making such castiest remarks.
उत्तर भारत के कुछ राज्यों में विशेषकर उत्तर प्रदेश में जहाँ धर्म, जाति और वर्ग देखकर लोगों पर फ़र्ज़ी मुकदमे लगाये जा रहे हों, जाति धर्म के आधार पर एनकाउंटर किये जा रहे हों, जाति धर्म के आधार पर गैंगस्टर लगा कर संपत्ति जब्त की जा रही हो, जाति धर्म और वर्ग देखकर महिलाओं पर…— Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav (@proframgopalya1) Might 16, 2025
SP’s DAMAGE CONTROL
With Ram Gopal cornered, the SP, in its bid to include the harm, tried to focus on the unfastened remarks made by Madhya Pradesh BJP minister Vijay Shah towards Colonel Sophia Qureshi.
Ram Gopal defended himself: “In some states of North India, notably Uttar Pradesh, the place false circumstances are being filed towards folks on the idea of faith, caste and sophistication, encounters are being carried out on the idea of caste and faith, property is being seized by declaring them gangsters on the idea of caste, faith and sophistication, ladies are being tortured on the idea of caste, faith and sophistication, postings of staff and officers are finished on the idea of caste, faith and sophistication, about folks with such corrupt mentality, I had mentioned in a programme yesterday that Colonel Sofia was abused as a result of she was recognized by her faith, International Secretary Mistry was abused, if these abusers had come to know that Vyomika Singh is Jatav and Air Marshal Avadhesh Bharti is Yadav, then they might not have kept away from abusing these officers additionally.”
“I’m shocked that the Chief Minister, underneath whose nostril unimaginable atrocities are being dedicated on minorities, Dalits and backward courses, tweeted my total assertion with out even listening to it. I’ve no grievance towards the media channels that had taken over Islamabad and Rawalpindi as a result of nobody besides the ruling celebration trusts them.”
BSP chief Mayawati, in the meantime, demanded motion towards each Ram Gopal Yadav and BJP minister Vijay Shah.
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