Deep conspiracy against quota, BSP chief Mayawati warns party leaders, targets Congress, BJP

Calling the SC’s order of sub-classification of SC and ST communities as “unfair”, Mayawati said the actual BSP movement is not only about uniting the SCs and STs but also to acquire political power by bringing along people of the OBC community as well and attaining the “master key to power” to ensure that poor and “Bahujans” do not have to depend on others for their progress and prosperity.

Meanwhile, the BSP chief also targeted the Congress over the issue, accusing the party of being “in favour of sub-classification” of SCs and STs.

A day after the Congress, in its first public remarks on the Supreme Court ruling called the sub-classification “a big setback” for SCs and STs, Mayawati in a post in Hindi on X wrote: “The national president of the Congress (Mallikarjun Kharge) said before disclosing the party’s stand on sub-classification of SCs and STs, his party will consult NGOs and lawyers and others. This makes it clear that Congress is in favour of sub-classification.”

“The Congress has spoken in a vague manner about the creamy layer issue. Despite it having 99 MPs, no voice was raised in Parliament till the adjournment to nullify the Supreme Court’s decision, whereas this party has won these seats in the name of saving the Constitution and reservation,” she added.

These instances show that neither the Congress-led INDIA alliance nor the BJP’s NDA completely disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision. Therefore, there is a need for the SC and ST communities to be cautious, the BSP chief said.

Mayawati also said after the BSP’s press conference on Saturday, “we got to know about the statement given by the Congress president, in which the credit for reservation has been given not to Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar but to Pandit Nehru and Gandhiji, in which there is not even an iota of truth”.

“Whereas in reality the entire credit for reservation goes to Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, whom the Congress conspired to prevent from entering the Constituent Assembly and also defeated in the elections. He was also forced to resign from the post of Law Minister,” she claimed.