‘Dalit leaders should stay away from casteist parties like Congress’: Mayawati

“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 organisation, 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 the Haryana state,” Mayawati posted on X.

She said that Dalit leaders, who are being “insulted” should take inspiration from their “messiah Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar” and come forward to keep their community away from “such parties”.

Mayawati claimed that she has taken the path of Ambedkar, who resigned from his post as Union Law Minister out “of self-respect and self-esteem”, when she felt that she was not “allowed to speak on Dalit oppression in Saharanpur”.

“Inspired by him, I too resigned from my Rajya Sabha MP post in his honour,” she said.