‘Bua’ Maya wants CM to protect her honour
If the CM has to safeguard the honour of his bua, he must get expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who made derogatory remarks against me, arrested. MAYAWATI, Bahujan Samaj Party chief
LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati invoked a so-called bua-bhatija (aunt-nephew) relationship on Sunday to urge Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to take action against an expelled BJP leader, whose controversial comments against the Dalit leader sparked massive protests.
At a press conference in Lucknow, Mayawati said Akhilesh often called her “Bua” – implying she is the sister of his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. “If the CM has to safeguard the honour of his bua, then he must get expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who made derogatory remarks against me, arrested,” Mayawati said.
She reminded Akhilesh of the action she took against BJP MP Varun Gandhi when he made offensive comments against Muslims during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign. Mayawati said the CM should show the same grit with Dayashankar Singh.
Singh had compared Mayawati to a prostitute, triggering widespread condemnation and an expulsion from the BJP.
On Saturday, Akhilesh had condemned Singh’s remarks but also criticised the alleged abuse of his family by BSP workers. He called upon BJP and BSP leaders to introspect on the use of foul language.
Mayawati landed in Lucknow on Saturday evening and held a closeddoor meeting with senior party leaders. Alleging an underhand deal between the BJP and SP, she said the state administration had set a 36-hour deadline for Singh’s arrest but he was still at large.
MAYA DEFENDS SIDDIQUI Meanwhile, Mayawati defended her close aide Naseemuddin Siddiqui, who has been targeted by the BJP for allegedly instigating BSP workers to make derogatory remarks against women family members of Dayashankar Singh.
She blamed what she called “the dirty mindset” of the BJP leaders for wrong interpretation of the slogan raised by BSP workers during the demonstration in which they asked Singh to present his mother, sister and daughter before them.