Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati made a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party on Sunday ahead of the urban local government elections in Uttar Pradesh. She also urged her party’s supporters to be wary of claims that the Samajwadi Party’s support among Dalits was waning.
People have been duped so many times that they now understand it is “not difficult but impossible” for the SP to defeat the BJP, she alleged. She argued that the BSP was essential to defeating the BJP.
Mayawati charged rival political parties with spreading misinformation to undermine the BSP at a special gathering of party office holders and district unit heads.
In the meeting, it was agreed that the BSP would run unopposed in the soon-to-be-held urban local body elections.
In a statement issued here, she said, “Rival political parties hatch conspiracies to weaken the BSP in the state, misguide the Dalits and also try to isolate them from the party’s movement. And through the media, news about cracks in the Dalit vote banks are publicised. There is not an iota of truth in these.” The Dalit community should remain cautious about such propaganda and tricks and also make others aware about these, she said.
