Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati made a frontal attack on Bharatiya Janta Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi when she sought clarification on the snooping case involving a woman in Gujarat. She also advocated strict action against Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal accused in a sexual abuse case.
Former chief minister, however, defended the Party MP Dhananjay Singh involved in the alleged rape and murder case of his domestic maid in New Delhi. "There is a difference in case of Tejpal and Dhananjay. While Tejpal has admitted his wrong doing the probe is still underway against Dhananjay", she pointed while assuring that she will not wait for a minute once the Delhi police also charge-sheet him in the case.BSP supreme made above claims while addressing media persons here at her residence on Friday afternoon.
Mayawati also took on BJP for felicitating Muzaffarnagar riots during Modi’s rally in Agra. Rs Rs Despite objection by all the Opposition Parties, senior leaders of BJP felicitated the accused of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli riots in Agra and we strongly condemns it," Mayawati told reporters. "This step of BJP can create tension in State...and if such a situation emerges BSP would hold SP equally responsible as it should not have given permission for holding such a rally...people should remain vigilant against the deeds of SP and BJP," she said while helding both BJP and SP jointly responsible for fueling communal tension. When asked about the presence of controversial Muslim cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan during SP's Bareilly rally, Mayawati said she has always maintained that "there is no difference between SP and BJP". She also charged the SP government with issuing a discriminatory notification for rehabilitation of Muzaffarnagar riot victims, which was stayed by the Supreme Court, she alleged that it wants to instigate Hindu-Muslim riots and it is a joint "game plan" of BJP and SP.
She also criticised Narendra Modi raking up the issue of backwardness of the state in his rallies." Mr Modi should ask the BJP leaders what they did during their rule in the state. During my regime all efforts for all round development was done," BSP president claimed. Mayawati also lambasted Congress for forcing the state governments toimplement the Food Security Act. "Congress demonstration in lucknow to force the Stategovernment to implement the Food Security Act was just an effort to divert the attention of the people. How can the statesimplement it without getting funds from the Centre. Congressruled states implemented the Act half-heartedly after they were given funds through other heads," she said while indirectly supporting theSP government over the issue. "It is a central scheme. But state governments, whose financial condition is not very good, have to bear the cost for its implementation," she told reporters here. She also took on Congress and BJP over caste and communal lines. "Since the very beginning, Congress has a casteist mindset, but BJP has moved a step ahead and has been fanning communalism besides casteism and BSP has come into being because of this wrong policy and thought of these two parties," Mayawati alleged.
Reiterating her demand for President's rule in the state, former chief minister said that governor B l Joshi should not wait further and recommend invoking of Article 356 of the Constitution following an effort by both the BJP and the SP to create communal tension in the state by honouring the tainted leaders.
Supporting the demands of the cane farmers of the state for increasing the price of the cane, she said that Samajwadi Party always connived with the private sugar mills in the past and this time too they did the same. She also supported the state employees strike and demanded that the state government should sympathetically consider the demands of the employees rather than taking any harsh decisions against them.
Mayawti, who ended her electioneering in Madhya Pradesh, said that BSP will perform better in the assembly elections of Chhattisgarh and MP this time. She would be launching the party campaign in Rajasthan and Delhi from from price hike and corruption.