SP slams UP Governor, dubs him as RSS worker

Taking on UP Governor Ram Naik for his remarks on the law and order situation in the state, ruling Samajwadi Party today dubbed him as "an RSS worker" and advised him to join the Union ministry to pursue his "communal agenda".
Amid the continuing tussle between the Raj Bhawan and the Akhilesh Yadav government, SP National General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said Naik's statement was against the spirit of the Constitution.
"Naik is acting as if he was not the Governor but Home Minister of the country. He gives statement on law and order in Orai but is mum on Dadri incident. All the world knows, who is responsible for Dadri. It was a well planned conspiracy," Yadav said in a no-holds-barred attack on Naik.

"The Governor many times attends programmes of communal organisations. He makes statement like an RSS worker, which is not good. Naik's act are against the dignity of a Governor. He has a habit of making such statements," Yadav told reporters here.
"SP demands from the Centre that he should be made a Union minister so that he can visit all over the country and fulfil his communal agenda," he said.
Yadav's outburst came a day after the Governor said the law and order situation was "very poor" in the state and he had requested the chief minister that it should be improved.

"Communal disturbances which are happening are due to bad law and order sitaution," Naik had said in Jalaun.

The SP leader said, "Except UP, you do not hear any such statement from any other Governor in the country. In Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and northeast states a number of incidents take place, but the governor in those states never makes such statements on law and order. Their action is not against the spirit of the Constituion."
"Despite understanding the Constitution, I am making a statement against the Governor as everything has its limits," Yadav said.
When asked whether Naik was working under direction of the Centre, the SP leader said, "The governor is free to send reports to the Centre. I don't think there is any hand of the Centre in this regard...There are governors in others states, where BJP is not in power, but they don't talk like him.