‘No Grievance Towards…’: SP’s Ram Gopal Yadav Defends Remarks On Wing Commander Vyomika Singh After BJP Uproar | India Information

Samajwadi Occasion (SP) chief and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav sparked an issue after he made remarks on Indian Air Power Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, who had been briefing the nation about ‘Operation Sindoor’ alongside International Secretary Vikram Misri and Colonel Sophia Qureshi. After the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) leaders reacted sharply to his feedback, Yadav defended his assertion on the social media platform X.
What Did Ram Gopal Yadav Say?
In keeping with IANS, talking at a celebration occasion in Bilari Tehsil, Moradabad, the SP Chief recognized the caste of Vyomika Singh and different officers, but in addition recommended the BJP was selectively concentrating on based mostly on spiritual and caste backgrounds.
“They (referencing BJP leaders) didn’t even know who Vyomika Singh is or what her caste is, nor do they find out about Air Marshal AK Bharti. In any other case, they might have abused them too. Let me let you know — Vyomika Singh belongs to the Jatav (Dalit) neighborhood from Haryana, and Air Marshal AK Bharti is a Yadav from Purnia. All three belong to the PDA phase. One was abused as a result of they thought she was Muslim, one was assumed to be Rajput, so nothing was mentioned, they usually don’t have any details about the third,” Yadav mentioned.
“This battle was fought by a Muslim, a Jatav, and a Yadav. All three belong to the PDA (Picchda-backward, Dalit, Aalpsankhyak-minority) class. So, how can the BJP declare credit score for this operation?” he mentioned, as per IANS.
BJP Hits Again
His remarks have drawn sharp criticism from the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s prime leaders, together with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak.
UP CM in a submit on X mentioned that the Indian Military’s uniform shouldn’t be seen by a ‘casteist lens’ and added that Yadav’s assertion about Vyomika Singh depicts SP’s “narrow-mindedness” but in addition an insult to the Military’s valour.
“The uniform of the military shouldn’t be seen by a ‘casteist lens’. Each soldier of the Indian military performs ‘nationwide responsibility’ and isn’t a consultant of any caste or faith,” he wrote.
“The Samajwadi Occasion’s nationwide basic secretary’s act of binding a courageous daughter throughout the ambit of caste shouldn’t be solely a show of his celebration’s narrow-mindedness however can be a grave insult to the valour of the military and the nation’s identification,” Yogi added.
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) Could 15, 2025
Talking to ANI, Deputy CM Pathak acknowledged that the SP Chief’s assertion is ‘shameful and condemnable’.
Pathak mentioned, “The Samajwadi Occasion has displayed its low mentality and anti-woman ideas by disrespecting her based mostly on her caste. Ram Gopal Yadav’s assertion is shameful and condemnable.”
Deputy CM Maurya additionally posted on X and mentioned that taking a look at caste and faith within the Military is a ‘petty mentality’.
“The Military is past caste and faith. The Military has just one responsibility – ‘defending the nation’. Due to this fact, taking a look at caste and faith within the Military is a ‘petty mentality’,” Maurya wrote.
Ram Gopal Yadav Defends Remarks
Yadav, on Friday, took to X and defended his earlier remarks on Vyomika Singh and wrote, “In some states of North India, notably Uttar Pradesh, the place false instances are being filed in opposition to folks based mostly on faith, caste and sophistication, encounters are being carried out based mostly on caste and faith, property is being seized by declaring them gangsters based mostly on caste, faith and sophistication, ladies are being tortured based mostly on caste, faith and sophistication, postings of staff and officers are executed based mostly on 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 avoided abusing these officers additionally.”
“I’m shocked that the Chief Minister, below whose nostril unimaginable atrocities are being dedicated on minorities, Dalits, and backward courses, tweeted my whole assertion with out even listening to it. I’ve no criticism in opposition to the media channels which have taken over Islamabad and Rawalpindi as a result of nobody besides the ruling celebration trusts them,” he added.
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) Could 16, 2025
However, Madhya Pradesh Cupboard Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah on Tuesday apologised for making an objectionable comment in opposition to Colonel Sophia Qureshi. The controversy arose after a video clip of his speech went viral on social media.
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