Close on the heels of controversy over Congress leader Salman Khurshid calling former party president Rahul Gandhi as Lord Ram during a press conference recently, now the Bahujan Samaj Party has drawn ire over a song to be released on party’s president Mayawati birthday on January 15.

The song states that Indians consider Mayawati as their goddess. This time, on Mayawati's birthday, the theme of the song which will resonate in everyone's ears and the song on which the workers will dance will be "Incarnation of sakshat devi and Gautam Buddha". Mayawati will be presented as a big leader through this song.

The beginning of the song goes something like this –“Among all the leaders of the country, Behanji is in first place, and her name is among the great leaders of the world. Because of her courage and bravery, she is called Iron Lady, the people of India consider her as a goddess”.

Interestingly, according to BSP leaders, they do not know who has written the lyrics of this song. A senior party leader said that there was a team in Delhi which got the song written and sung by noted Bollywood singer Kailash Kher.

On the other hand, Laxman Singh, president of BSP's Delhi unit, said that no one was involved in getting this song written or prepared on behalf of his unit. “Yes, I have also received this song from Mayawati's office and have been asked to play it on her birthday,” he disclosed before the local media persons.

Bahujan Samaj Party spokesperson Dharamveer Chowdhary, when asked about the song comparing Mayawati with a goddess, said that the song was the voice of Bahujan Samaj and Sarva Samaj.

“Mayawati is the form of god in human form. People of Bahujan Samaj worship her. Mayawati also helps in the same way as Lord Ram helped the poor, downtrodden and backward section of the society,” he said.

Sources said that while the song was sent to all party units, the central unit of the party in New Delhi has also instructed to play it especially in Dalit hamlets and rural segments during celebration of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s birthday on January 15.

Party activists will celebrate BSP supremo's birthday as `Jan Kalyankari Diwas’ (Public Welfare Day). On Mayawati's birthday, party leaders and workers try to show her in a different light. Sometimes she is depicted as Iron Lady on the posters and sometimes as the messiah of Dalits. This time the workers will celebrate BSP supremo Mayawati's birthday with great fanfare on January 15, and preparations have started for this.

It may be mentioned that Mayawati has already announced this time that “she will celebrate her birthday with simplicity”. She has also asked all the workers to go among the people and share their sorrows. Mayawati has clearly directed that her birthday should be celebrated as a public welfare day and party workers should help the poor and destitute by going among them.