‘Meira made Speaker to keep her away from Dalits’

The booklet accuses the BJP and the Congress of appointing Dalits to high offices,like those of President,Vice President,Speaker,Deputy Speaker and Governor,only to alienate the people of the Dalit community from the BSP.

It describes Dalit leaders,who are given such positions,as “mostly the selfish kind,who have nothing to do with the welfare of their own community”. Further,such leaders behave like “bonded labourers” of these parties,says the booklet.

“Meira Kumar has been made Speaker of the Lok Sabha in order to keep her away from her own people. In our country,the posts of President,Vice President,Governor,and Speaker are such that if the people of the Dalit community occupy them,they can do no good to the people of their own community.”

Alleging that the Congress has never allowed Dalits and tribals to remain in positions of influence for long,the booklet says that Sushil Kumar Shinde was removed as Maharashtra Chief Minister after the Assembly elections and made Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

“When the BSP raised its voice,the Congress made him a minister at the Centre,” says the booklet.

Parties like the BJP and the Congress may make a Dalit Prime Minister of the country for some time,“but this is not going to lead to the uplift and progress of the Dalits because the real objective of these parties behind such a move will be to alienate the base of the BSP.”

The party may have done badly in the Lok Sabha elections,but the booklet speaks of the “charisma of Behan Kumari Mayawatiji” which created an environment in May 2009 for the BSP “getting very close to power in the Centre”.

The booklet alleges that the Congress,the BJP and their allies joined hands to prevent the “Dalit ki Beti” from becoming the Prime Minister,first at the time of the no-confidence vote in the Lok Sabha,and later in the general elections by exploiting caste and religion. “As a result,the BSP narrowly missed coming to power at the Centre”.