Lucknow, 3 Dec (HS): BSP President Mayawati

announced on Wednesday that she will no longer attend significant memorial

sites devoted to key social reformers on their birth and death anniversaries,

citing public discomfort owing to security precautions made for her.

In a post on X, Mayawati stated that throughout the four terms of BSP control

in Uttar Pradesh, the government honored great social reformers and symbols

such as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, Sree Narayana Guru,

Dr. B R Ambedkar, and Kanshi Ram, who were frequently overlooked by casteist

governments. She stated that the BSP

government launched massive social initiatives in their honor, as well as grand

memorials, parks, and monuments in Lucknow and Gautam Buddh Nagar, which have

now become pilgrimage places for their supporters, attracting big crowds on

their anniversaries.

Mayawati stated that her

personal trips to these venues frequently caused annoyance to citizens due to

excessive security deployment. According to experience, the security

preparations made during my visit make it difficult for people since they are

halted far from the main site until I leave, she said. In light of this, the

BSP chief stated that she will henceforth pay tribute to these icons from her

home or at the party office rather than visiting the memorials. She stated that

on the occasion of Dr. BR Ambedkar's death anniversary on December 6, party

workers and fans across Uttar Pradesh (except western UP) will converge in big

numbers at the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal in Lucknow. While

those from western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Uttarakhand would pay tribute at

the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida.

She also stated that they

will commit to continue Ambedkar's vision of social equality and self-respect,

allowing the BSP to gain power and progress the movement led by these legends.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi