Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati put up a massive show of strength at a rally here on Sunday and gave a hard-hitting reply to Rahul Gandhi’s recent allegations of corruption and misrule in the state.
“Our opponents are worried because of the BSP’s increasing popularity. The Congress seems to be the most worried. The BSP’s elephant is perhaps knocking them out in their dreams, too,” Mayawati said.
She was referring to Rahul’s recent allegation that large amounts of funds sent by the Centre were being devoured by “an elephant sitting in Lucknow”. (The elephant is the BSP’s election symbol.)
Considering the crowds at the rally, the BSP’s Dalit-OBC sammelan was a runaway hit. Dalits constitute about 21 per cent of the electorate and have traditionally voted for the BSP. Now, Mayawati also wants to lure the massive chunk of 27 per cent OBCs in Uttar Pradesh to win the upcoming assembly election.
“They (Congress) are so worried because of the BSP’s strength that Rahul has had to come to UP for campaign when Parliament session is going on,” Mayawati said.Mayawati alleged that the Centre was misusing the CBI against her. “The CBI has been harassing me and my family. They are also after my brothers now,” she said. She pointed out that “unlike in the Congress Party” none of her family members had entered politics. She asserted that none of them will contest elections.
Reacting to Rahul’s allegations about bungling of MNREGA funds, Mayawati said UP’s performance in the implementation of the scheme had been commendable.
Mayawati’s rally came a day after Rahul ended his ‘five-day ‘Jan Sampark Abhiyan’ in eastern UP with a well-attended rally in Kushinagar on Saturday. During his speeches, Rahul targeted Mayawati on a range of issues, including bungling of Central funds, MNREGA and had dubbed her regime anti-poor, besides blaming it for not providing enough employment opportunities.
Mayawati also reacted strongly to Rahul’s statement regarding people of UP becoming beggars in Delhi and Mumbai. “People of UP who migrate to other states for work are not beggars. They are hard working and honest. Congress’s ‘yuvraj’ has insulted these people. In fact, the maximum migration of workers took place during the Congress rule,” Mayawati said. She asked: “What did the Congress do when it was in power in UP for 40 years?”
This was also her first big rally after the resolution for splitting the state into four was passed in the state assembly.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rahul-gandhi-is-target-at-big-mayawati-rally_1618294
“Our opponents are worried because of the BSP’s increasing popularity. The Congress seems to be the most worried. The BSP’s elephant is perhaps knocking them out in their dreams, too,” Mayawati said.
She was referring to Rahul’s recent allegation that large amounts of funds sent by the Centre were being devoured by “an elephant sitting in Lucknow”. (The elephant is the BSP’s election symbol.)
Considering the crowds at the rally, the BSP’s Dalit-OBC sammelan was a runaway hit. Dalits constitute about 21 per cent of the electorate and have traditionally voted for the BSP. Now, Mayawati also wants to lure the massive chunk of 27 per cent OBCs in Uttar Pradesh to win the upcoming assembly election.
“They (Congress) are so worried because of the BSP’s strength that Rahul has had to come to UP for campaign when Parliament session is going on,” Mayawati said.Mayawati alleged that the Centre was misusing the CBI against her. “The CBI has been harassing me and my family. They are also after my brothers now,” she said. She pointed out that “unlike in the Congress Party” none of her family members had entered politics. She asserted that none of them will contest elections.
Reacting to Rahul’s allegations about bungling of MNREGA funds, Mayawati said UP’s performance in the implementation of the scheme had been commendable.
Mayawati’s rally came a day after Rahul ended his ‘five-day ‘Jan Sampark Abhiyan’ in eastern UP with a well-attended rally in Kushinagar on Saturday. During his speeches, Rahul targeted Mayawati on a range of issues, including bungling of Central funds, MNREGA and had dubbed her regime anti-poor, besides blaming it for not providing enough employment opportunities.
Mayawati also reacted strongly to Rahul’s statement regarding people of UP becoming beggars in Delhi and Mumbai. “People of UP who migrate to other states for work are not beggars. They are hard working and honest. Congress’s ‘yuvraj’ has insulted these people. In fact, the maximum migration of workers took place during the Congress rule,” Mayawati said. She asked: “What did the Congress do when it was in power in UP for 40 years?”
This was also her first big rally after the resolution for splitting the state into four was passed in the state assembly.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rahul-gandhi-is-target-at-big-mayawati-rally_1618294
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