Break away from Congress, other casteist parties: Mayawati to Haryana Dalit leaders

Citing Ambedkar's example, the BSP leader said he had resigned from his post as Union law minister “for the sake of his self-respect and self-esteem of weaker sections of the country”.

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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati (File Photo)

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Monday asked the Dalit leaders in Haryana who felt insulted to break away from the “Congress and other casteists parties”, while taking inspiration from community icon Dr BR Ambedkar.

In a post on X, the BSP chief said, “The political events that have taken place in the country till now prove that especially the Congress and other casteist parties remember to appoint Dalits as Chief Ministers and in important positions in the organization etc. briefly during their bad days. But in their good days, these parties mostly ignore them and instead appoint casteist people in their place, as is being seen in Haryana…”

They should also come forward to keep their people also away from such parties, she added.

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Citing Ambedkar’s example, the BSP leader said he had resigned from his post as Union law minister “for the sake of his self-respect and self-esteem of weaker sections of the country”.

Citing 2017 incident, she said that she herself took this path of Ambedkar when she felt that she was not allowed to speak on Dalit oppression in Saharanpur and thus decided to resign from Rajya Sabha, Mayawati said, “Inspired by him, I too resigned from my Rajya Sabha MP post in his honour and self-respect in the matter of Dalit oppression in Saharanpur district, when I was ignored and not allowed to speak out. In such a situation, the advice to Dalits is to follow in the footsteps of Baba Saheb.”

Asking people “to be cautious of such anti-SC, ST and OBC parties”, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also targeted the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleging that he announced to end the reservation syetem.

“The Congress and other casteist parties have been against reservation from the very beginning. Rahul Gandhi went abroad and announced to end it. People must be cautious of such anti-Constitution and anti-SC, ST, OBC parties,” the BSP supremo said.

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