Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Sanatan Pandey has given sharp statements regarding irregularities in donations to Ram Temple. He said that the Prime Minister should not celebrate Diwali. They are betraying the soldiers of the country. Along with this, he justified the firing in 1990 and said that Netaji's step to save the Constitution was absolutely right.
Speaking to IANS, Sanatan Pandey said, “We have nothing to do with what the Prime Minister is celebrating and when, it is his own matter. All we know is that the Prime Minister of the country should not celebrate Diwali. He is betraying our soldiers. During his tenure, soldiers have been killed on all our borders. They show off, the entire country knows this. India has not had good relations with any country during his tenure.”
In another statement, Sanatan Pandey said, “I also believe that it was absolutely the right step for respected Netaji to open fire to save the Constitution of India. The High Court's ban on the bullets he fired to save India had been lifted. If Netaji had not come there and given the order to open fire, your mosque would have been demolished, or both the temple and the mosque would have been demolished.”
He said, “At that time, civil war could have broken out in India. We had opened fire to save India and its Constitution. I do not understand why people of our party hesitate on this issue. We openly say that we have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of India, we swear by the Constitution and the Gita.
All I would say is that we have made a mistake, and it is only because of the public that we have reached this stage today. I have no hesitation in apologizing for my mistake. However, the Chief Minister should also apologize for the incidents that happened during his tenure.”
He asked, “Has he apologized in the case of alleged theft in the donations collected for the Ram temple? The entire country, including people of a particular community and Indians living abroad, is expecting an apology from him.