Prayagraj Congress chief requires Bharat Ratna for Atiq Ahmed, salutes grave after placing tricolour on it

Days after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed have been shot lifeless in police custody, Rajkumar Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya, Congress councillor candidate from Ward-43 South Malaka for the upcoming Municipal election in Prayagraj has demanded Bharat Ratna for the slain mafia. Rajju Bhaiya moreover talked about that Atiq Ahmed’s physique must have been wrapped throughout the nationwide flag. 

In a video going viral on social media, the Congress chief is heard demanding UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s resignation as he accuses CM Yogi of getting Atiq Ahmed killed. He goes on to demand Bharat Ratna — the nation’s highest civilian honour — for Atiq Ahmed.

“Atiq Ahmed ji was a people’s representative and has been martyred, he should be conferred with the honour of a Shaheed (martyr),” Singh talked about. To substantiate his argument Rajkumar Singh requested if Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav could possibly be honoured with Padma Vibhushan, why Atiq Ahmed can’t be given Bharat Ratna. 

As he speaks, he turns into further agitated, shouting, ‘Why Atiq Ahmed does not get Bharat Ratna, why he was not given national honour, why the national flag was not hoisted at his grafve?’

However, as Rajkumar Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya was speaking his coronary coronary heart out, one among his colleagues stopped him. The totally different Congress chief requested him what sort of assertion is he giving and what nonsense he is talking (Are yaar ye kya bayaan de rahe ho, kaisi baat kar rahe ho?). The video was reduce after this, so Rajkumar’s response to his colleague’s suggestions could not be heard.

Meanwhile, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted the viral video and slammed the Congress event for ‘eulogising’ Atiq Ahmed. “Congress candidate Rajkumar for local polls in UP says BHARAT RATNA AND SHAHEED STATUS must be given to Atiq Ahmad. This ecosystem hailed & eulogised Yakub, Afzal, Mukhtar and now Atiq! After Atiq ji comment by Punia ji & Tejaswi now this,” Poonwalla tweeted.

Congress candidate Rajkumar for native polls in UP says BHARAT RATNA AND SHAHEED STATUS ought to be given to Atiq Ahmad

This ecosystem hailed & eulogised Yakub, Afzal, Mukhtar and now Atiq! After Atiq ji comment by Punia ji & Tejaswi now this pic.twitter.com/JrP4FcdoEY

— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) April 19, 2023

Besides, one different video of Rajkumar Singh has surfaced on-line whereby he is seen laying down the nationwide tricolour on Atiq Ahmed’s grave and saluting and elevating slogans in his reward. This sparked outrage as netizens recognized that this act by Rajkumar Singh is an insult to the nationwide flag.

Congress councilor candidate Rajkumar raised slogans of Atiq Ahmed Amar Rahe. Also talked about Bharat Ratna dilaunga

He moreover laid down National flag on his grave. @Uppolice that’s an insult to the nationwide flag. Please take movement in direction of him pic.twitter.com/ctSpJoe2lv

— Ninda Turtle (@NindaTurtles) April 19, 2023

He is heard chanting emotionally, ‘desh ka zhanda amar rahe, Atiq bhai amar rahe’ (nationwide flag will in all probability be immortal, Atiq brother will in all probability be immortal.’ After that, he chants the Islamic prayer ‘La ilaha illallah Muhammad ur Rasulullah’, which means ‘there is no deity but Allah. Prophet Muhammad is his messenger’. After repeating ‘Atiq Ahmed tum amar rahoge’, Rajkumar then ensures that he’ll get him Bharat Ratna and martyr standing.

He then strikes to the adjutant grave of Atiq’s brother Ashraf, and locations the tricolour on it, chanting ‘Ashraf amar rahe’. As he begins to depart, some people degree within the route of the grave on the alternative facet of Atiq’s grave, saying it is Atiq’s son’s grave. But Rajkumar Singh responds by saying he will not put the flag on Asad’s grave. He says, ‘unko nehi milega’ (he will not get).

As the controversy escalated, the Congress event expelled Rajkumar Singh from the event for six years. The event has moreover eradicated him as a result of the candidate for Ward 43 throughout the municipal elections. Prayagraj Congress president Pradeep Kumar Mishra talked about, “Party has taken immediate action after his (Rajkumar Singh) comment by suspending him for 6 yrs from the party”.

Party has taken speedy movement after his (Rajkumar Singh) comment by suspending him for six yrs from the event: Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Prayagraj Congress president on Rajkumar Singh, Congress candidate in Uttar Pradesh Municipal Election 2023, who demanded Bharat Ratna award for… pic.twitter.com/ISo04BLu8O

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 19, 2023

Moreover, Rajkumar Singh has moreover been taken into custody by the Prayagraj Police after his films emerged. Reportedly he is in the mean time saved at Kotwali Police Station.

Notably, mafia Atiq Ahmed was killed by three attackers on fifteenth April 2023 throughout the authorities hospital of Prayagraj whereas he was being taken for a medical checkup. His brother Ashraf Ahmed was moreover killed. All three attackers have been arrested as they surrendered after the shootout.