Jaunpur, 21 May (HS). BSP chief Mayawati cornered the Congress and said that the disciples of the Congress party flatly say that we are not against reservation. We are not against the Constitution. Mayawati said that their (Congress) ancestors had worked against the Constitution. And you were not given the full benefit of reservation. On Tuesday, Mayawati addressed a public meeting from Savansa village on both the Lok Sabha seats of the district and appealed to the people to vote in favor of the party candidates.
While addressing the public meeting, former Chief Minister Mayawati said that our party is fighting the elections with strength on its own. Ours is such a party which has given participation to the entire community and has given the entire community of Banaras Mandal a chance to contest elections. Seeing such a huge crowd today, I am confident that we are winning the elections. Attacking the opposition, she said that about the Congress-BJP alliance, I would like to say that since independence, most of the power at the Center and in the state has been concentrated in the hands of the Congress party. In most of the cases, Congress had to go out of power due to wrong policies and wrong functioning. This is the situation of their allies.
When the Congress Party came to power in the centre and in most of the states after independence, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was the Law Minister in its first government. The head of the Congress told Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Company that the SC, ST people are not getting the full benefit of the reservation given in government jobs in the Indian Constitution. They should get the full benefit. There is a provision of Article 340 in the Constitution. Extremely backward people should also get reservation. There were many other things on which the Congress Party did not listen to Dr. Ambedkar. Dr. Saheb was saddened by all these things and resigned from the post of minister.
Congress ancestors were also anti-reservation
BSP chief Mayawati cornered the Congress and said that the disciples of the Congress party flatly say that we are not against reservation. We are not against the Constitution. His ancestors worked against the Constitution. And you were not given the full benefit of reservation.
Disciples of Congress party are saying big things about reservation for the sake of votes. BJP is also not behind in this matter. The intentions and thinking of all parties are against reservation. For this reason I felt the need to form BSP party. If the Congress party had fulfilled its responsibilities sincerely in the beginning, I would not have needed to form the BSP party. Because of this, BJP and other allies have been in power at the Center and many states for many years. There is a difference between their words and actions too. This party is also casteist, capitalist and communal minded. Therefore, the public is going to oust them from power. The people of the country have understood everything to a great extent.