‘Anti-Dalit’ SP should avoid comments on BSP’s internal matters: Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati took issue with the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday for commenting on the removal of party leader Akash Anand from a key BSP post. She said the “anti-Dalit” SP would be well advised to avoid commenting on the BSP’s internal matters. The BSP president advised SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to focus on his family members and candidates belonging to the Yadav community.
Ms. Mayawati had announced the removal of her nephew Mr. Anand as party national coordinator on May 7, saying he needs to “mature” before assuming an important role.
“It would be better if the extremely ‘anti-Dalit’ SP does not comment or worry about the BSP organisation. Instead, the SP leadership should worry about their own family and candidates from the Yadav community because their condition is very bad,” Ms. Mayawati wrote on ◣ (formerly Twitter).
‘Inimical to Dalits’
The four-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister accused the SP of being inimical to Dalits and backward communities. “The behaviour, character, and face of the SP, as always, is that of a party strongly opposed to the rights of Dalits, backward castes, and the reservation given to them in the Constitution.
Ending reservations in promotions and tearing up a Bill on this issue in Parliament are all dicult to forgive,” Ms. Mayawati added.
She was responding hours after Mr. Yadav alleged that changes in the BSP’s organisation signify that Ms. Mayawati’s party is not getting any seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. He appealed to the BSP’s core supporters, the Dalits, to vote for the INDIA bloc, describing the Opposition alliance as the only grouping capable of saving the Constitution.
“Whatever steps the
BSP has taken to revamp its organisation is an internal matter. The real reason is that the BSP is not winning a single seat because most of their traditional supporters are also voting for the INDIA bloc to save the Constitution and reservations. The BSP has sensed its organisational failure. That explains why its top leadership is implementing such major changes, but it’s already too late,” the SP president said.
‘Don’t waste votes’
The truth is that since the BSP has not won a single seat in the rst three phases of the poll in its strongholds, there is no possibility that the remaining four phases will yield anything, the SP chief said. “We appeal to all voters not to waste their votes and instead vote for candidates of the INDIA bloc who are ghting to save the Constitution of B.R. Ambedkar and save reservation.”