Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya said on Monday that Hinduism is a hoax used to trap marginalised communities within the framework of Brahmin religion.

“The roots of Brahminism are very deep, and the reason for all the disparity is also Brahminism itself. There is no religion called Hinduism; Hinduism is just a hoax. There is a conspiracy to trap the Dalits, tribes, and backward people of this country by calling the same Brahmin religion Hindu religion, which is actually Brahmin religion,” Maurya said.

“If there was Hindu religion then tribals would have been respected, dalits would have been respected, and backward people would have been respected, but what an irony..,” he continued.

Earlier this month, Maurya had said that “when they do not consider the tribals, Dalits, and backwards as Hindus, who constitute 90% of the population, then with only 10% of people’s statements, will it become the Hindu religion? This is the Brahmin religion”.

Maurya had switched from the BJP to the SP before the 2022 UP Assembly elections.