Firing another salvo at BSP president Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh BJP demanded a CBI probe into the mysterious death of BSP founder Kanshi Ram, who had died almost 10 years back.
UP BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya will give a letter to UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, urging him to recommend CBI probe into the death of Kanshi Ram in 2006.
“The said letter would be sent to CM soon,” he said.
BJP has raised suspicions over BSP founder Kanshi Ram’s death and had repeatedly demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter since past fortnight. The BJP had already announced that if it comes to power in the state, its government will recommend a CBI inquiry into Kanshi Ram’s death.
Maurya said he was making the demand for the CBI probe on the basis of letters he received from family members of Kanshi Ram and several BSP leaders, where they have said the BSP founder may have been murdered.
Maurya, however, refused to disclose names of those who wrote the purported letters.
“I am demanding that the Akhilesh Yadav government recommend a CBI probe into Kanshi Ram’s death. If the state government doesn’t do it, the inquiry will be ordered when BJP comes to power,” Maurya said.
Several MlAs and senior leaders have quit BSP, alleging that Mayawati is taking money for giving election tickets. Now, by demanding a CBI inquiry into Kanshi Ram’s death, BJP is trying to hit the Dalit vote bank of BSP.