*Press Release*

*Dilawar wants to spread hatred in the society in the name of Akbar the Great – S.D.P.I.*

Jaipur, Social Democratic Party of India Rajasthan State President Ashfaq Hussain has strongly condemned the statement of the State Government’s Education Minister Madan Dilawar in which he tried to spoil the peaceful atmosphere of the state by giving a controversial and hate-filled statement in the context of Indian history in Udaipur on 1 September 2024.

Ashfaq Hussain reacted to the above controversial hate-filled statement of Madan Dilawar and said that by saying that books related to Maharana Pratap and King Akbar should be burnt, Dilawar has tried to spoil the age-old social brotherhood between Rajput society and Muslim community and has only promoted his well-known communal ideology which can prove to be fatal for the peaceful environment of the society. Hussain also said that Dilawar should study history properly once because the battle between Maharana Pratap and Akbar was not a Hindu-Muslim battle. If it had been so, Maharana Pratap’s commander Hakim Khan Suri along with thousands of Pathans would not have sacrificed their lives for Maharana Pratap in the war against Akbar. Therefore, the history of the Mughals cannot be erased. If Akbar had been communal, Birbal and Todarmal would not have been among his nine jewels. SDPI strongly condemns his statement and will not accept any change in history due to his hateful statement.

It may be noted that Madan Dilawar has always been famous for his communal and casteist controversial statements. Sometimes he talks about hanging the Gurjar community upside down and cutting them, sometimes he insults the tribal community by questioning their “DNA” and his hateful mentality towards the Muslim community is well known.

SDPI demands from the Chief Minister of the state Shri Bhajanlal ji Sharma that considering his such baseless and divisive statements as a threat to the peace and order of the society, action should be taken against him and he should be dismissed from the post of Education Minister.