Targeting the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) over reservations, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday called both parties ‘anti-reservation’ and ruled out any future alliance with them.
In a series of posts on X, Mayawati said that the followers of Baba Saheb, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, will never forgive the Congress Party for not honouring Baba Saheb, the chief architect of the Constitution, with the title of Bharat Ratna both during his lifetime and after his death.
“Also, when Kanshi Ram ji, who gave impetus to Baba Saheb’s movement, died, this Congress, while having a government in the centre, did not declare a single day of national mourning in his honour and neither did the SP government declare a state mourning. Be cautious of such double standards of thinking, behaviour and character,” Mayawati said.
She also questioned, Why did the Congress not conduct the National Caste Census in its government before the BJP came to power at the Centre and they are talking about it now?
“Whereas the BSP has always been in favour of it, because its conduct is very important in the interest of the weaker sections,” she said.
“Not only this, the silence of Congress, SP, BJP, etc. in the face of the ongoing conspiracy to make the reservation given to SC/ST under the Constitution ineffective and abolish it through classification and creamy layer, is this their love for Dalits? Be careful,” Mayawati added.
The BSP Chief also asserted that SC, ST and OBC classes have to stand on their own now.
“Will it be in the interest of the SC, ST and OBC classes to enter into an alliance with these anti-reservation parties, like the SP and Congress, in any election? This will not happen at all, so now they have to stand on their own, this is the advice,” she said.
Meanwhile, addressing a gathering at the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, on Saturday, Rahul Gandhi said, “If anyone thinks that the caste census can be stopped or the 50 per cent barrier in reservation will remain, let me tell you, they are dreaming.”
“Neither the caste census will stop, nor the socio-economic survey, nor the institutional survey, nor will the 50 per cent barrier (in reservation) remain… because the people of India have made up their minds; the order has come from the people, now the Prime Minister must accept this and enforce the order. And if he does not enforce it, then other Prime Ministers will do it,” he said.
He added that the Congress party is protecting the constitution through the caste census.
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