BSP cheif says that Samajwadi Party fued was 'drama' orchastrated by Mulayam. Criticises Congress for teaming up with SP
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati during a press conference on Saturday extended an olive branch of sorts to SP leader Shivpal Yadav by saying that if he approached her, she would ‘consider’ taking him into the party folds.
"Agar wo humse guhar lagayenge...toh hum sochenge (If he comes with a request, I will think about it)," she said, responding to a question during the meet
Mayawati alleged that the Samajwadi Party feud was a drama fuelled by Mulayam Singh Yadav to project his son, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, as the undisputed leader of the party. “Mulayam even sidelined his brother Shivpal Yadav for the sake of his son. Shivpal has now been restricted to one constituency,” she said.
The BSP leader claimed that there was friction between SP members at the grassroots and claimed that the two warring factions (those for Shivpal and those against him) would try and defeat one another.
Interestingly, Shivpal Yadav has made Akhilesh’s first list of 191 Samajwadi Party candidates, but several other close associates of Mulayam Singh Yadav have been left out.
Mayawati also criticised the Congress for forming an alliance with the Samajwadi party and reminded them of the riots in Muzaffarnagar, the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq Saifi in Dadri, the violence at Mathura, and the Bulandshahr rape all happened under the Akhilesh Yadav-led government. "I would rather advice the Congress to contest elections alone or ally with smaller parties," she added.
She also accused the BJP of conspiring to scrap reservation for dalits and backwards and warned that any such attempt would lead to a backlash from the underprivileged. "They would teach a lesson to the the BJP," she added.
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