‘Lord Hanuman was a Dalit,’ Adityanath gets legal notice for this statement

November 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a poll rally in Malakheda of Alwar district on Tuesday said “Hanuman was a forest dweller, deprived and a Dalit. Bajrang Bali worked to connect all Indian communities together, from north to south and east to west. He also said that the people of the district would vote for ‘Ram bhakts’ and not ‘Ravana.” As a result of this statement, a right-wing group in Rajasthan has sent a legal notice to Yogi Adityanath asking him to apologise within three days for allegedly calling Lord Hanuman a Dalit.

This statement has irked many. Congress leader Pramod Tiwari condemned the Adityanath’s remarks, saying the BJP divides individual and the society but it is for the first time that it has divided gods into castes. Suresh Mishra, President of Rajasthan Sarv Brahmin Mahasabha has now sent a notice to Adityanath, accusing him of dragging Lord Hanuman’s caste for political gain for the BJP in the state where assembly polls will be held on December 7.