Lucknow : BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for spreading “lies and myths” about SP-BSP, saying it is matter of laughter.
In her defence, she says after the State guest house incident of June 2, 1995, when she was allegedly accosted by SP MLAs, she severed all political ties with the SP.
Ms. Mayawati was responding to Mr. Modi’s allegation made at a rally in Mahoba in Bundelkhand on October 24, 2016. Mr. Modi said the SP and BSP shared a friendly relation. If they criticised each other while in opposition, once in power they hardly acted against corruption and criminals, he had said.
Since that State guest house incident, the BSP has been staunchly opposing the criminal character and working ways of the SP, Ms. Mayawati said.
The BSP did not give any consideration to electoral or political benefit or loss in its opposition to the SP.
While in power, the BSP took strong steps against corruption and crime by the SP.
Even then the PM is hell bent on raising this false idea of a SP-BSP understanding. “It is highly unfortunate and reminds us of the popular saying, ulta chor kotwal ko daante (The thief is scolding the police).”
The BJP and its parent the Jan Sangh were in direct touch with Mulayam since 1967. And they fought elections together in 1967, 1977 and 1989, she said. “Recently, too, the SP and BJP openly fought against the secular Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, only to lose badly.”
“As far as U.P. goes, people here have seen many times how the SP and the BJP go soft on each other, and help each other by flaring up communal tension in the State through a tacit understanding. Both collude to engage in politics of communalism and riots,” she alleged.
Without naming Muzaffarnagar, Ms. Mayawati said this was clearly at display in the 2013 riots. “There was heavy loss of life and displacement of people. But even today the SP government has not acted against the culprits. The prime accused are still roaming free and continuing with their communal activities. As a return favour, the BJP government at the Centre has not sent a single notice to the SP government over the goondaraj prevailing in U.P.”
“The BJP has not even sought a single report from U.P. Governor through clauses of the Constitution. The BJP and the SP have also been engaged in dirty politics on Ayodhya. It is common perception that the SP and the BJP have an understanding in the coming elections will work together against the BSP and and its leadership. That is why nobody can even imagine there is a SP-BSP understanding. If Modi says so it is laced with politics and a major cause is his government’s failure to fulfill the promises made to people. It is to divert attention and save him from criticism by people.That is why Modi is making baseless and pointless allegations, which nobody will believe.”
Bureau Report
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