Hitting out at Congress for allegedly advocating inheritance tax in the country, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that it was difficult for the grand old party to free itself from its tainted legacy.

In a statement on social media X, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said the idea and advocacy of inheritance tax on personal property like in America under the guise of distribution of wealth by senior Congress leaders was less for the welfare of the poor and more politically motivated.

“This seems to be an attempt to divert people’s attention from the failure of the party’s Garibi Hatao slogan. As far as justice for the Dalits and the underprivileged related to property and government land distribution in India is concerned, poverty, backwardness, compulsion of migration etc. have not been eradicated here due to the lack of right intentions of the governments,” she said.

Meanwhile, the BSP on Thursday released another list of three candidates which included the name of its candidate from the prestigious Rae Bareli constituency.

The party has named Thakur Prasad Yadav as its candidate from Rae Bareli, Brijesh Kumar Sonkar from Bahraich and Qamar Hayat Ansari from Ambedkar Nagar.

So far no party, including Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, has declared a candidate from Rae Bareli. Samajwadi Party has left the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat for its alliance partner Congress.

By fielding a Yadav candidate from Rae Bareli, Mayawati has tried to take advantage of absence of SP candidate in the constituency and attract the party’s core Yadav vote bank to dent the prospect of INDIA bloc candidate, probably Priyanka Gandhi, who will contest on Congress ticket as her mother and sitting MP Sonia Gandhi has already retired from active politics.

The BSP on Wednesday also announced its fresh list for three Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, fielding former state unit chief of the party, Bhim Rajbhar, from Salempur constituency. Rajbhar was earlier given BSP ticket from Azamgarh but Mayawati has now decided to field him from Salempur.

According to the list, Irfan Ahmed will be the BSP candidate from Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency and Nirdosh Kumar Dixit from Hamirpur.

With this, the Mayawati-led party has declared its candidates for 68 constituencies out of total 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The party also declared its candidate for the Dadraul assembly bypoll, fielding Sarvesh Chandra Mishra ‘Dhandhu’ from there.