UP’s BJP leader sacked for calling Maya a prostitute

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: The BJP’s vice-president in Uttar Pradesh was removed from all party posts on Wednesday for his remark comparing Dalit leader and four-time CM Mayawati to a prostitute, triggering national outrage, with politicians demanding his arrest.

Daya Shankar Singh, an uppercaste Thakur, called the BSP chief a “vaishya” or sex worker for allegedly selling her party’s tickets to aspiring candidates for next year’s crucial assembly polls in the state.

“Look at the way Mayawati is selling tickets. Even a prostitute keeps her commitment. But look at a leader like Mayawati who sells a ticket for `1 crore, then after some time, if another is willing to pay `2 crore, she will give the ticket to him. Mayawati has become worse than a prostitute,” he said in Mau.

Singh, a former Lucknow UNiversity Students’ Union (LUSU) president who was promoted Even a prostitute keeps her commitment. But look at a leader like

Mayawati who sells a ticket for `1 crore, then after some time, if another is willing to pay `2 crore, she will give the ticket to him.

Daya Shankar Singh, BJP

The man did not speak against me. He, in fact, used those

(shameful) words against his daughter and sister Mayawati, BSP chief

from a secretary to vice-president in the party unit, withdrew his statement, and apologised.

“I was referring to the crisis of credibility that she faces. In a different context, I had said that even prostitutes have some credibility,” he tried to reason.

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