Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati may take back her share from the ‘Mahagadhbandhan’. Mayawati said she might have to “reconsider” her party’s outside support to them if cases against “innocent” persons framed in Bharat Bandh on April 2 were not withdrawn.
A press release from Mayawati’s office stated- ‘If the newly-appointed governments in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh do not act swiftly and withdraw the cases against the innocent persons framed in Bharat Bandh, the BSP may have to reconsider extending the outside support to the Congress governments.’
The BSP has six seats in Rajasthan out of 200 and two members in Madhya Pradesh’s 230-member assembly. The BSP extended outside support to the Congress to form governments in these two states as it had failed to reach a majority on its own.
Mayawati uses her “power”
Mayawati said that the cases against the innocent people were framed out of political and caste considerations in Rajasthan and other BJP-ruled states including Uttar Pradesh and MP, which were previously under the BJP.
She said now that Rajasthan and MP are ruled by the Congress, the new governments should immediately withdraw such cases, failing which her party would have to reconsider its decision of extending outside support.
Mayawati also said the governments formed by the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan should not work like the BJP, which did not fulfil its promises made to the farmers and the unemployed.
The warning to the Congress is necessary, as now merely making announcements is not enough. People are of the view that in making promises on papers, the Congress and the BJP are two sides of the same coin. Now, it depends on the Congress whether it is able to change this perception.’ she said in the statement.
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