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BSP sounds
warning bell to UPA Govt., to decide withdrawal after March
10
Bhopal, February 10 (Pervez Bari): The Bahujan Samaj Party,
(BSP), which is in power in Uttar Pradesh, has sounded
warning bells to the federal Congress-led United Progressive
Front, (UPA), coalition government that it was contemplating
to withdraw support from it. The final decision to cut the
umbilical cord with the UPA Government would be taken after
the ongoing budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative
Assembly ends on March 10.
The above announcement was made by BSP supremo and Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Ms Mayawati while addressing a
mammoth 'Sarva Jan Samaj Bhaichara Banao Maharally' of her
party workers here at Lal Parade ground on Sunday. The rally
was a precursor to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections
which are due at the end of this year.
Ms Mayawati alleged that the Congress is following in the
footsteps of the rightist Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), and
trying to make her fall in line by threatening to reopen the
Taj Corridor case against her. She charged that the
Opposition parties seeing the rising graph of BSP popularity
which resulted in being catapulted to power in Uttar Pradesh
are conspiring to put spoke in its wheel.
It may be mentioned here that the Taj Corridor case relates
to financial irregularities, allegedly committed during her
earlier term as Uttar Pradesh chief minister, in a project
to develop malls near the Taj Mahal
Ms Mayawati said 'fake' cases are being cooked up against
her to stop her in the tracks from spreading the area of
influence of BSP to other states so that her party is not
able the doors of Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
Parliament).
Expressing anguish over "personal attack", she alleged the
BJP and Congress misused government machinery and "caused
pain to me, my 82-year-old parents and relatives". She said
she would pay in the same coin and make sure that the
perpetrators get the feel of the pain they caused to her and
her family when BSP comes to power at the Center.
Ms Mayawati alleged the UPA Government is harassing her and
not yielding to her demand of sanctioning Rs. 80,000 crore
(US $ 20 billion) package to the Uttar Pradesh Government
for the welfare of people of the state.
In the light of the arm-twisting political pressure tactics
being employed by the Congress party the BSP would consider
withdrawing support to the federal Congress-led UPA
coalition government, she declared.
She dared the UPA government to have her arrested, saying
"they are using the media to spread all sorts of
disinformation to tarnish my image. If they succeed in their
dirty design and I am arrested, BSP's political fortunes
would soar and not plunge."
Apprehending threat to her life from elements inimical to
BSP due to its "growing popularity", Mayawati said the
Centre had not accepted her demand for Special Protection
Group (SPG) cover.
"If I am killed, do not forgive the Congress-led
dispensation in Delhi and take revenge. The loss must be
avenged with principal and interest," she said.
Meanwhile, Ms Mayawati demanded reservation for Dalit
Muslims and Christians in government services without
affecting the interests of those enjoying the same in
prevalent practice.
She said she had also written a letter to the Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to ensure reservation for
Dalits in Muslim and Christian communities.
''In prevalent practice, Scheduled Castes(SCs)and Scheduled
Tribes (STs) avail 22.5 reservation facilities in government
services and provision for separate reservation should be
made for Dalit Muslims and Christians in a way that
interests of those presently getting the reservation
benefits do not get hurt'', she maintained.
Ms Mayawati alleged that Congress, BJP and their allies
exploited the Dalits, backwards and other oppressed classes
of the society for political gains and did nothing to
ameliorate their conditions in the last sixty years of
independence.
The BSP supremo said she had directed the private
entrepreneurs in Uttar Pradesh enjoying some sort of
government assistance to provide 10 per cent reservation
each to SCs, STs, OBC-minorities and the poor in Uttar
Pradesh. The private parties had also been directed to
continue the existing reservation policies in accordance
with the government rules if they take over the government
institutions, she added. (pervezbari@eth.net)
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