On Saturday (3rd August), Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad gave a communal angle to the UP administration’s crackdown against the gangrape accused SP leader Moeed Khan. Notably, Khan has been arrested for sexually exploiting a minor 12-year-old girl for several months. On Saturday, the administration sealed his illegal property and initiated bulldozer action against it.
While responding to the demolition of Khan’s bakery, Ayodhya (Faizabad) MP Awadhesh Prasad peddled the Muslim victimhood boogie. He went on to allege that the demolition drive against illegal property of gangrape accused Khan was initiated because UP CM Yogi Adityanath has enmity with Muslims and Yadavs.
Speaking to news agency ANI, he demanded that a DNA test should be conducted in the Ayodhya gangrape case. He also demanded that no innocent should be framed.
Responding to the allegations that the gangrape accused Moeed Khan was his close aide, Awadhesh Prasad claimed that he has never allowed any criminal to come near him and has never taken any help from them. Referring to his picture with Khan, he defended himself saying that lakhs of people click pictures with him.
Meanwhile, he described the Ayodhya gangrape case as a very painful and shameful incident. He added that all the people involved in this incident should be investigated and action should be taken with full force against the guilty persons. While he demanded a DNA test in the gangrape case and stated that no innocents should be framed, he claimed that the Samajwadi Party stands with the victim. He also claimed that the party will not stand with criminals. He added that this is not a moment for politics and accused BJP of indulging in politics over this incident.
Regarding his photograph with the gangrape accused Moeed Khan, the SP MP said, “I have never allowed anyone to come near me who has even the slightest connection with the crime. I have never taken any kind of help from them. As far as the photo (with the accused) is concerned. Lakhs of people click pictures with us, take selfies……”
#WATCH | On the demolition drive at the bakery of SP leader Moeed Khan, the main accused in the gang rape of a minor girl, Faizabad (Ayodhya) MP Awadhesh Prasad says, "This is a very old ideology of Chief Minister (Yogi Adityanath) and we cannot tell what enmity he has with… https://t.co/g3fvOl0jkN pic.twitter.com/X90BDwJbAQ
— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2024
He, however, gave the case a communal angle and alleged that the demolition drive was initiated because UP CM has a very old ideology and has enmity with Muslims and Yadavs.
He said, “This is a very old ideology of Chief Minister (Yogi Adityanath) and we cannot tell what enmity he has with Muslims, Yadavs. Samajwadi Party has always fought against injustice… The Bharatiya Janata Party should not do politics on such a horrific, shameful incident…”
Ayodhya Gangrape case
It is alleged that Samajwadi Party leader Moeed Khan and his servant Raju Khan gang-raped the minor girl who hails from OBC community a few months ago. They also recorded the video while committing the heinous crime, to blackmail the minor victim. By threatening to leak the obscene video, they continued sexually exploiting her for over 2 months. However, the family came to know about the crime when her health deteriorated and she became pregnant.
It is further alleged that the Bhadarsa Police Station didn’t file an FIR in this matter for more than 30 hours. It is also alleged that since 2012, this Police station had been running from the house of the accused SP leader Moeed Khan.
