Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has declared war on the Congress. Her latest missile is a 112-page booklet that accuses the grand old party for being anti-Dalit.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has declared war on the Congress. Her latest missile is a 112-page booklet that accuses the grand old party for being anti-Dalit. The booklet will be distributed throughout the state on July 22 when BSP holds demonstrations against the Congress-led government at the Centre.
Titled Dalit ki beti desh ki pradhan mantri kyun nahin ban payee? Zara sochiye. (Think why a Dalit woman could not become PM.) the booklet attacks the Congress for “using” Sushil Kumar Shinde, Meira Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan to grab votes.
“The Congress never installs SC/ST leaders in any crucial positions from where they could do something to better the lot of these people,” reads the booklet, written by Mayawati herself.
It says that soon after the last Maharashtra state polls, Shinde was removed as CM and made Andhra Pradesh governor. “Meira Kumar has also been made LS Speaker only to keep her away from the people,” states the booklet, alleging a Congress conspiracy to keep Dalit leaders away from active public life. She states that Dalit leaders in other parties are no more than “bandhua mazdoor” (bonded labour). She dubs the Congress as “extremely casteist” and mocks at party leaders (read: Rahul Gandhi) doing “natakbaazi” (drama) of mingling and breaking bread with Dalits to get their votes. “Gandhiji also did this throughout his life,” the booklet states.
At one point, Mayawati compares herself with Barack Obama. “The elevation of a black as US President is a ray of hope for us,” she writes. Congress leaders are livid at the charges. “She talks of Dalit leaders in other parties. But what about Dalits in the BSP? She has never given any key post to any Dalit leader,” says UP Congress spokesman Dwijendra Tripathi. “This is mindless and comes from a frustrated person.”
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