Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Monday attacked both Bharatiya Janata Party and Samajwadi Party on the law and order and claimed that her party was going to form a new government after the assembly elections.
She also announced that like UP, BSP would go it alone and fight on all seats in neighboring Uttarakhand.
She made the above claims while speaking to reporters on the 65th death anniversary of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect of India’s Constitution.
Asserting that Dr Ambedkar fought for the uplift of Dalits and minorities, Mayawati targeted the Yogi Adityanath government, saying that no day goes by when atrocities are not committed against individuals from the lower sections of the state.
"No day goes by when atrocities are not committed against those from the weaker sections in the state. We don't see many media reports on such incidents. The state government knows how to manage the media," Mayawati said.
The BSP leader further claimed that due to the apathy of the casteist regimes at the Central and state levels, individuals from the backward classes were unable to get the benefits from the Constitution Dr Ambedkar drafted.
"Dr BR Ambedkar struggled for the uplift of Dalits, tribals, backward classes, minorities and the neglected. Today, they are unable to avail the benefits given to them in the Constitution drafted by him due to the apathy of casteist governments at Centre and states," she stated.
The BSP supremo also targeted the previous SP government and alleged that 'goondagardi' (hooliganism) and 'mafiagardi' (rule of the mafias) were at peak in Uttar Pradesh when the SP was in power.
The statement comes days after Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leveled similar allegations against the previous Akhilesh Yadav government.
The BSP was in alliance with the SP during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, while Congress had joined hands with the SP in the 2017 assembly polls. However, both the alliances were defeated by the BJP.
Mayawati said protesting on the streets alone would not protect the Constitution.
“Jab satta parivartan ho jayega, tab samvidhan bach jayega (The Constitution will be safeguarded when the government changes),” the BSP chief said.
Taking a swipe at Akhilesh's 'Rath Yatra' and the alliances he has forged for the elections, Mayawati said, “The SP’s Chandauli MLA and workers misbehaved with the police on Sunday. This is the situation when they haven't even won the polls. Even if they make alliances, the people of UP know what the situation was during their tenure in the state. Whereas, in contrast to that, there was absolute rule of law when the BSP was in power.”
The BSP supremo also shared her party's plans for assembly polls in two other states.
"In Uttarakhand, the BSP will contest all the seats on its own and in Punjab in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal," she said, exuding confidence that her party would do better in Uttarakhand and form a strong coalition government in Punjab.
Paying her tributes to Dr BR Ambedkar, Mayawati said he suffered many hardships but dedicated his whole life to make the downtrodden and deprived sections stand on their feet. She alleged there were parties and organisations with a narrow and casteist mindset who had always opposed the humanitarian approach of Dr Ambedkar while showing "false respect" for him.