LUCKNOW: Sparing no barb against former party MLA Swami Prasad Maurya, who first quit BSP to become a minister in the Yogi government and then resigned recently to join Samajwadi Party, BSP chief Mayawati said that the OBC leader went from party to party before his fate finally shone in BSP.
“BSP mein aane ke baad unki kismet chamki thhi,” she said, adding that Maurya had never won an election when he was in another party, be it Janata Dal or Lok Dal.
“He won his first election after coming to BSP and became an MLA. He is talking nonsense. BJP carried him for five years. They tried telling him that they have to carry sarvsamaj with them but he did not listen. You know how his language is,” Mayawati said, adding that when one talks of Ambedkarwad, they should also understand Ambedkar’s thinking. The leader was not against any caste or religion but against casteism.
Mayawati also demanded for a strong law against switching political parties before an election. In a sharp attack against SP, which has seen the highest influx of leaders from both BSP and BJP in the past few months, Mayawati said that all such people who are now joining SP are claiming that it is an Ambedkarwadi party which is also pro-minorities, pro-Dalits and backwards, but it is not true.
“I would like to remind you that SP is the party which tore the Bill on reservation in promotions for SC/ST. They changed names of places and created hurdles in everything we did. I changed the name of Bhadohi to Sant Ravi Das Nagar but when SP changed the name again. SP only looked after the Yadavs and orchestrated riots which damaged Hindu-Muslim unity. They took Muslim votes but also ignored the community,” she said.
