Blaming the ruling BJP and and the Congress for the present plight of Dalits, Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati urged party cadres to take on the casteist forces. She also paid tribute to BSP founder Kanshi Ram on his death anniversary on Friday.
Mayawati said that Kanshi Ram fought for the upliftment of the marginalized sections of the society throughout his political career and followed the path shown by Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar.
“Kanshi Ramji was dedicated to the movement of self-respect and dignity propounded by Dr Ambedkar and he knew that casteist forces would continue to challenge the BSP movement by material, price, punishment, discrimination, which had to be met with prudence,” the BSP chief said. She pledged to fulfil Kanshi Ram’s dreams and take forward his legacy of Dalit emancipation.
Mayawati urged her party cadres to not be swayed by false promises and claims of other parties aiming to woo Dalits away from the BSP. She stressed that BSP was the only party which always followed the ideals of Dr Ambedkar.
“Other parties use atrocities on sisters and daughters of marginalized group and enact political drama for achieviing narrow political gains. Hathras and many such incidents are proof of this mindser,” Mayawati said.
The BSP chief further said that there has been no upliftment of the marginalized sections society under both the BJP and Congress rules.
“We have to meet the challenges posed by casteist forces and deal with them with prudence,” she said.
Mayawati also said that people of oppressed sections should cast their votes keeping repression by others in mind and ensure the victory of BSP and its allies in the upcoming Bihar Assembly poll and by-polls in UP and Madhya Pradesh.
At the fag end of her speech, Mayawati also expressed grief at the death of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who passed away on Thursday.