Lucknow News: BSP chief Mayawati posted on her social media account x on Thursday and wrote that in the princely state of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, on the birth anniversary of Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, who started the social revolution by giving reservation to Dalits and laying the foundation of reservation in India, tributes are being paid across the country today. On this occasion, he has been offered prayers and immense reverence. At the same time, assimilating his thoughts and ideals, all his followers were given heartfelt greetings.
Shahuji Maharaj’s memory even more relevant during the attack on reservation
Mayawati wrote that at the present time, when the constitutional rights of Dalits, tribals and other backward classes who have been victims of caste -based centuries oppression are being hurt, efforts are being made to make reservation neutralized. At such a time, it has become even more important to remember Rajarshi Shahuji Maharaj’s resolve to establish the fair and social equality and keep it alive in the public. In the absence of Bahujan Samaj Party government or Bahujans, the conspiracies of re -exploitation and slavery are intensifying the society.
Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, who has become immortal as the father of reservation in India by taking a revolutionary step of giving reservation to Dalits in the princely state of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, today, on his birth anniversary, he offered prayers and immense reverence and self-respect and all his followers and …
– Mayawati (@mayawati) June 26, 2025
Historical steps taken in BSP government, immortalized the memory of Shahuji Maharaj
Under the leadership of BSP supremo Mayawati, BSP governments formed in UP took many historical steps in honor of Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj. These include new districts, naming educational institutions, installation of grand monuments and their statues. In particular, ‘Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University’, established in Lucknow, was started and dedicated to the public.
SP and BJP accused of changing name, demand for restoring real name
Mayawati accused the SP government that the Samajwadi Party, showing the anti -Dalit mentality, forcibly changed the name of this university to ‘King George Medical University’, while the same name is already a medical college. The sad thing is that even after so many years of coming to power, the BJP government has not made any improvement in this grossly unjust and racist decision.
Appeal to return real identity
Now the time has come to restore the real name of ‘Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University’, so that the values of equality, justice and respect in the society can be reinstated. It is not just a restoration of a name, but a respect for a revolutionary heritage, which laid the foundation of reservation and social justice in India.
