Maya under Opposition attack in LS over Bareilly violence

UP CM Mayawati came under attack in Parliament over the communal violence in Bareilly.

As she came under attack in Parliament over the communal violence in Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati held a rally in Lucknow in a big show of strength and slammed the Congress for pushing the Women’s Reservation Bill.

Calling Congress anti-Dalit,the BSP supremo announced demonstrations against the bill across the country on April 14,the birth anniversary of Dalit icon DR B R Ambedkar.

The rally held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of BSP and attended by tens of thousands of people came under intense attack from Mayawati’s arch rival Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

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“While Bareilly is on fire,Mayawati government is spending Rs 200 crore of public money on a rally,” Yadav said in Lok Sabha.

Yadav was joined by Congress and BJP members in demanding Centre’s intervention to bring back normalcy in riot-hit Bareilly after they attacked the chief minister over the Government’s handling of the situation.

Blue–the colour of the BSP–dominated Lucknow city’s landscape ahead of the rally touted as the biggest ever in the state.

Hitting back at the opposition parties criticising her for installing her own statues,Mayawati said law does not prevent erecting statues of living persons.

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Mayawati in her address said,”Congress and other political parties had always been against Dalits and this is evident from the fact that no separate quota has been carved out for SC/ST women in 33 percent reservation proposed in the Women Reservation Bill.”

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