Amid the raging controversy over the expulsion of her nephew Akash Anand and closing the door on his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday attacked the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress.
She stated that people need to understand that BSP is the only party based on the Dalit movement and working for the community’s welfare, whereas the SP and the Congress are chameleons adopting colours but far away from the ideals of Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram. From this alone, one should gauge that these people are utterly selfish and opportunistic, and they cannot serve the interests of any party. “Especially the Congress party, which is talking about taking in these expelled people, if they join such a party that is sinking like a ship, who would want to plunge their future into darkness?
Mayawati also said, “…those in the BSP who are expelled from time to time due to indiscipline and such reasons have, for the most part, switched parties multiple times up to now for exactly these reasons, which is no secret to anyone.
Reacting to the Congress leader’s offer, Mayawati said, “The parties that often talk about taking in people expelled from a party or even advise them to form their own should first take a good look at themselves,” she said. Especially since Bhimrao Ambedkar himself had warned the people of the Bahujan Samaj during his lifetime to stay away from this party,” she said
In a post on X, Mayawati said the BSP’s blue colour has been targeted since inception by leaders and workers of the SP, Congress and other Opposition parties. “But merely wearing it as a ‘gamchha’ around their necks, donning blue clothes or using blue fabric on stages cannot change their casteist, narrow-minded, feudal, and capitalist mindset that has persisted for years towards all sections of the society, especially the poor, Dalits, tribals, backward classes, and other neglected groups,” she said. Lashing out at the SP, Mayawati said, “In any case, these people habitually change colours like chameleons when it comes to the issues of these sections, meaning they say one thing and do exactly the opposite.”
