Lucknow, 15

March (HS): BSP supremo Mayawati asked the Centre on Sunday to confer the

Bharat Ratna on party founder Kanshi Ram rather than repeating the Congress's

error with B R Ambedkar. On Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary, Mayawati lambasted

the Samajwadi Party, Congress, and BJP, claiming they only talk about the

Bahujan but rarely act for their elevation. The Muslim community has greatly

distanced itself from these parties, and with the Brahmin community aligning

with the BSP, it appears that the SP's political and caste enmity has grown,

Mayawati stated. She praised Kanshi Ram for his efforts toward an equal society

and encouraged the BJP-led government to confer the highest civilian honor on

him.

The present

BJP-NDA administration at the Centre should not delay awarding 'Bahujan' leader

Kanshi Ram ji with the Bharat Ratna, as the Congress party did not do so for

the architect of India's Constitution, Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. His

contribution to the creation of an equitable society in the country, as written

in the Constitution, is historic, and as a result, he is also remembered in the

hearts of the people, according to the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister. He

not only established a political movement, but also built a government in a

huge and significant state such as Uttar Pradesh and appointed me as its chief

minister, she remarked of the Dalit legend.

Mayawati's

comments came a day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stated that if

Jawaharlal Nehru had been alive, Kanshi Ram would have been appointed chief

minister by the Congress. Nehru, India's first prime minister, died in 1964,

while Kanshi Ram rose to prominence in politics with the establishment of the

backwards-championing BAMCEF in 1978, which was later strengthened by the

foundation of the Bahujan Samaj Party in 1984.

In his

homage to the Dalit icon, Gandhi stated that Mahatma Gandhi, Babasaheb Bhimrao

Ambedkar, and Kanshi Ram never compromised on their convictions. Gandhi was

addressing at the Samvidhan Sammelan, which took place in Lucknow ahead of

Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary. He stated that if Jawaharlal Nehru were still

alive, Kanshi Ram would have served as the Congress' chief minister.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi