AMN /Lucknow
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati Tuesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre of being as anti Dalit, anti Muslim and anti-Constitution.
Addressing a rally after paying floral tributes to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on his death anniversary at the Ambedkar Park, here Mayawati slammed BJP for creating confusions about Babasaheb.
She said, since the BJP does not want to give due honour and respect to Babasaheb, they chose December 6 — the death anniversary of Ambedkar — to demolish the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
On the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP, the BSP chief said, “These people do not like the Constitution. They want to change it. So, you need to guard against it. Ambedkar’s Constitution accords equal status to all castes and religions, but the BJP is trying to impose the agenda of Hindutva on the country.”
“They (political parties) create rift between the Dalits and backward classes, whereas the fact is that it was under the BSP rule that these sections of society got their rights in true sense,” she said.
She stressed that if Muslims are safe in the country today, it is because of Babasaheb.
“It was only after the ‘master key’ of Uttar Pradesh came in the hands of the Dalits that emancipation of backward classes and the Dalits could become possible, much against the wishes of the BJP and the Congress,” Mayawati said.
The BJP withdrew support to the VP Singh government on the issue of reservation, which is proof that this party is anti-Dalit, anti-backward classes and anti-minorities, she said.