Om Prakash Rajbhar’s re-joining the Bharatiya Janata Party has not gone down well with all his party members, with some offering condolences on his ‘death’.
Brijesh Rajbhar, the Varanasi in-charge of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) paid floral tributes before a photo of his party president and announced ‘Rajbhar ji is no longer among us’.
The event took place in Sarnath, where Brijesh started off by saying that Maharaja Suheldev Rajbhar should remain immortal and that in his presence they were offering condolences to the biggest ‘contractor’ and ‘merchant’ of their caste- Om Prakash Rajbhar.
“The messiah is no longer among us so we have gathered here to offer him our condolences”, he said.
“He is dead, his soul is finished, his conscience is no longer alive….I pray to God that his soul find peace”, Brijesh said.
“He was unable to fulfil any promises…unable to get us social justice. He was the one who had promised to drown Modi and Yogi in the Ganga and finish them off…that Om Prakash Rajbhar is no longer with us”, he continued while placing a marigold garland on a photo of Rajbhar.
Accompanied by a clutch of supporters who also offered floral tributes, Brijesh made an appeal to Rajbhars all around the world to offer their last respects to the leader.
Rajbhar’s supporters have been a miffed lot because he has not delivered any of the promises he made in 2017 when he went with the BJP. He was unable to secure reservations for his castemen or even increase their recruitment in various government posts. “He ate all the cream himself”, said Brijesh. Rajbhar is also accused of always promoting his sons and ignoring other senior party members.
Brijesh dubbed the sons as ‘rahu’ and ‘ketu’- which lead to eclipses.
There has also been some speculation that Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Aditynatah is not very happy with Rajbhar’s return to the party fold. He did not put out any social media message welcoming Rajbhar. As a minister in Adityanath’s government Rajbhar had protested against bureaucrats. Later he threatened that he would cross vote during the Rajya Sabha election till Home Minister Amit Shah stepped in to pacify him.
Adityanath and deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya had a formal meeting with Rajbhar on Friday.
