Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Chandrashekhar Azad Demands Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad Resign
Chandrashekhar Azad wants Uttar Pradesh minister Sanjay Nishad to resign.
He says this is because a party worker named Vinod Sahani was allegedly killed.
Azad says the government claims the state is safe but has not protected some people.
He also says the law should treat everyone equally, no matter their caste or religion.
Azad questioned whether a Facebook post could ever excuse someone being murdered.
Sanjay Nishad protested at a hospital mortuary after Sahani’s death.
Nishad said his party would increase its protest if the accused were not arrested.
Some Samajwadi Party leaders joined Nishad’s protest.
The disagreement is about the killing, the government’s law-and-order record, and how authorities should respond.
Chandrashekhar Azad demanded Uttar Pradesh minister Sanjay Nishad’s resignation over the alleged murder of party worker Vinod Sahani.
Azad accused the government of making false law-and-order claims and failing to protect weaker sections.
He called for impartial legal action, regardless of caste or religion, and said a Facebook post cannot justify murder.
Nishad staged a sit-in at King George’s Medical University’s mortuary after Sahani was allegedly attacked with bullets and knives in Gonda.
Nishad warned that his party would intensify its protest if the accused were not arrested; Samajwadi Party leaders joined the demonstration.
- Who
- Aazad Samaj Party-Kanshi Ram president and MP Chandrashekhar Azad, Uttar Pradesh minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad, and deceased party worker Vinod Sahani.
- What
- Azad demanded Nishad’s resignation over Sahani’s alleged murder and criticized the government’s handling of law and order.
- When
- Azad made the demand on Saturday; Nishad held his sit-in late Thursday evening.
- Where
- The alleged attack occurred in Gonda, and Nishad’s protest took place at the King George’s Medical University mortuary in Lucknow.
- Why
- Azad said Nishad should resign on moral grounds because the government had allegedly failed to protect weaker sections and provide justice.
Azad’s Criticism
Nishad’s Protest
Responsibility and law and order
Azad’s Criticism
Azad said Sanjay Nishad should resign on moral grounds because the government’s claims of good law and order were contradicted by its alleged failure to protect weaker sections and deliver justice.
Nishad’s Protest
Nishad protested at the mortuary over Vinod Sahani’s death and warned that the Nishad Party would intensify its agitation unless the accused were arrested.
Treatment of the case
Azad’s Criticism
Azad called for impartial action regardless of caste or religion and said a Facebook post could not justify murder; he said authorities could register an FIR over such a post instead.
Nishad’s Protest
Nishad’s stated position in the article was that the accused should be arrested, with further protest threatened if that did not happen.
- Main critic
- Chandrashekhar Azad, president of the Aazad Samaj Party-Kanshi Ram and an MP
- Minister named
- Sanjay Nishad, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister and Nishad Party chief
- Deceased worker
- Vinod Sahani
- Alleged attack site
- Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
- Protest location
- King George’s Medical University mortuary, Lucknow
- Protest demand
- Nishad warned of intensified agitation if the accused were not arrested
- Political support
- Samajwadi Party opposition leaders joined Nishad’s protest