New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya has stoked a fresh row with his controversial remarks targeted at Hindu religion.

Last time, the SP leader was in midst of controversy was for poking fun at the sacred Hindu scripture – Ramcharitmanas.

Maurya’s latest tirade at Hinduism comes while purportedly addressing a gathering of people. While slamming the religion practiced by majority of Indians, he claimed that there is no religion called Hinduism.

“Hinduism is not a religion, it is merely a deception, a fraud and hoax,” Maruya said.

He launched a scathing attack on the Brahminic traditions and those abiding by it. In a no-holds barred attack, he slammed the Brahmin community for ‘appropriating’ all the goods and leaving other communities including the backward, Dalits & tribal population in the dark.

He said that Brahmins under the garb of Hinduism, have been exploiting the backward, scheduled caste & tribal classes for their own benefits.

“Had there been Hindu religion, all sections would have got benefitted including the schedule castes, communities & tribal people,” he said.

ब्राह्मणवाद की जड़े बहुत गहरी है और सारी विषमता का कारण भी ब्राह्मणवाद ही है। हिंदू नाम का कोई धर्म है ही नहीं, हिंदू धर्म केवल धोखा है। सही मायने में जो ब्राह्मण धर्म है, उसी ब्राह्मण धर्म को हिंदू धर्म कहकर के इस देश के दलितों, आदिवासियों, पिछड़ों को अपने धर्म के मकड़जाल में… pic.twitter.com/351EJeSBlY

— Swami Prasad Maurya (@SwamiPMaurya) August 27, 2023

The SP leader is bound to receive harsh criticism and strong backlash, especially from right wing outfits & Brahminic forums, over belittling & demeaning of the Hindu religion.

Swami’s brush with controversy

This is not the first time that Swami Prasad Maurya has stoked controversy with his lopsided opinion & jeering of the Hindu religion.

Seen as ‘serial offender’ for insulting the beliefs & sentiments of majority community, the SP leader in January 2023 described Ramcharitmanas – a famed Hindu scripture as ‘nonsense book’.

Speaking to a leading news channel, Maruya had said, “Crores of people don’t care to read Ramcharitmanas. This is rubbish. It was written by Tulsidas just for his own pleasure.”