Taking a strong exception to Narendra Modi’s statement of cleansing the Parliament from criminals, BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesdaysaid it was a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Talking to reporters here, the BSP leader said,Modi had said that he would make the Parliament free from criminal elements after he became the Prime Minister. This statement is like ‘ulta chor kotwal ko daate’”.
Taking into account facts and figures,”There are tainted, corrupt, criminal candidates in large numbers in Modi’s BJP. This had led to resentment within BJP. He (modi) should have introspected before making such a statement”, she said.
Mayawati also alleged that BJP led NDA government had “trapped” her in Taj Corridor and disproportionate assets case and she got justice from Supreme Court.
Alleging that free and fair polls was not possible in the state in SP regime, Mayawati asked Election Commission to deploy adequate number of central forces.
“The forces should be deployed especially in Yadav dominated feudal areas”, she demanded.
On SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav contesting from two places Mainpuri and Azamgarh, Mayawati said that it was a well planned strategy to give “Hindu-muslim” colour to elections in Eastern UP.
“I want to ask Chief Election Commissioner to keep an eye on internal setting SP and BJP ad their game plan”, she added.
On inflammatory speeches by BJP leaders, Mayawati said that they were continuously giving such speeches and their top leaders have turned a blind eye towards it, which shows that they themselves had given approval to such acts. The election commission should take stern action against such leaders, she added.
Four lok Sabha seats had more than sixteen candidates in fray with maximum of 28 candidates are from Fatehpur Sikri while minimum is at Hathras having just 9 contestants. Out of total 188 contestants who were fighting for 12 seats in this phase, 20 of them were also females. Agra having over 18.14 lakhs voters is the biggest constituency electorate wise while Etah is at bottom having just 15.77 lakh voters.
While BJP, SP and BSP had fielded their candidates on all the seats, Congress is just in field on half of the total seats in this fray and left three seats for RlD, 1 for Mahan Dal. Congress not put any one in fray from Mainpuri and Kannauj, from where Mulayam Singh Yadav and his daughter-in-law Dimple were seeking re-entry to Parliament.