NEW DELHI: The Lucknow 'state guest house incident' of 1995 in which BSP supremo Mayawati was alleged to have been encircled by Samajwadi Party suppor.
The Hindu side that wants to reclaim the site on which the Gyanvapi mosque has been built is convinced that it was built upon the original temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Muslim side, represented by the Gyanvapi Masjid Committee, denies this. Just as with Ayodhya, the contest over the Gyanvapi mosque is also playing out in court
Former Uttar Pradesh DGP O P Singh recalls the Lucknow state guest house incident of 1995 in his memoir Crime, Grime & Gumption: Case files of an IPS officer . Singh dedicates a chapter to this infamous episode, calling it an indecorous political drama that changed the politics in UP and impacted the country. He provides a blow-by-blow account of the events that took place on June 2, 1995, when he took charge as SSP (Lucknow). Singh was suspended by the new government but later reinstated.
Former Uttar Pradesh Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) National General Secretary, Swami Prasad Maurya, who had triggered a controversy with his comments on the Ramcharitmanas in the past, has kicked up another row by justifying the firing on .
"The BSP makes a special request to the UP government to make arrangements at a safe place somewhere else instead of the current party state office otherwise any untoward incident can happen here at any time. Besides, the party also demands that the government should deal strictly with anti-Dalit elements," she said in a series of tweets.