Mayawati following casteist agenda, alleges SP

Mayawati is giving benefits to officials belonging to particular caste while ignoring the rest, alleges SP.

The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday charged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Maywati with not posting senior IAS and IPS officers belonging to the minority communities on significant posts, a charge denied by the government.

“It is the first time since independence that no official belonging to the minorities has been posted on important posts like that of the district magistrate, district police chief, DIG range or IG zone and we have also brought this fact before the Governor T V Rajeswar through a memorandum,” leader of opposition in the Vidhan Parishad, Ahmed Hasan told reporters in Lucknow.

Hasan alleged that Mayawati was following casteist agenda and was giving benefits to officials belonging to a particular caste while ignoring the rest.

The SP leader also criticised the government for removing senior IAS officer Anis Ansari from an important post on “flimsy grounds” and said it had been done to block his chances of becoming the chief secretary.

Ahmed said people belonging to the minority community were being “harassed in the name of countering terrorism by charging them in fake cases”.

On Tuesday the government had rubbished the allegations about Muslim officers not being posted in significant posts.

Referring to the government’s version, Ahmed said it was “misleading and bereft of truth”.