PRAYAGRAJ, April 14 -- UP deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said here on Monday that hooliganism was being promoted by the West Bengal government under the guise of opposing the Waqf Amendment Bill.

Paying homage to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, he said that the Congress, SP and BSP used Baba Saheb's name but did not do what he wanted. BJP considers Baba Saheb as the god of social justice.

The deputy CM, who arrived to participate in various programmes organised to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar in the city, fielded questions from media persons.

While responding to a question from the media, he said that the West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, was practising politics of appeasement. The BJP is fightin...