Lucknow, 2 Oct (HS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national

president Mayawati has attacked Samajwadi Party (SP). She said that the SP, as

always, engages in political pretense and deception by claiming to be a

PDA party. It only gives tickets to wealthy individuals and

relatives, while the BSP only nominates hardworking Ambedkarite individuals

from weaker sections as its candidates.

BSP chief Mayawati posted on Twitter on Friday, writing that

it's well known that the BSP, unlike the opposition parties, especially the

Samajwadi Party (SP), does not give tickets to its family, relatives, siblings,

nephews, close relatives, and especially to big capitalists and wealthy

individuals in any election, whether small or large. This means it doesn't rely

on their financial power in elections, but instead only nominates hardworking

Ambedkarite individuals from the poor, middle class, and weaker sections of

society as its candidates. This means the BSP's politics is clean and free from

nepotism and money power, while the SP, on the other hand, does the exact

opposite, pretending to be a socialist party and a member of the so-called

PDA.

A recent example of this is that the Samajwadi Party (SP)

has again nominated Ram Gopal Yadav, a close relative of the SP chief, for the

biennial Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the SP has

nominated Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani, a member of a prominent business family, as

its second candidate. Public opinion suggests that the SP's third candidate, as

before, will likely be a face-saving measure and a losing candidate.

Mayawati said that the SP needs the PDA's votes in

elections, but they mostly appoint their own family members and big capitalists

as MPs and MLAs. Therefore, it would be wise for the public not to fall prey to

their PDA's influence.

He further stated that this is nothing new; rather, this

kind of double-dealing, character, and personality has always been the norm for

the SP. Therefore, the Bahujan Samaj, in particular, should be fully aware

before the UP Assembly elections that their interests lie within and are

protected by the BSP; everything else is a sham.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi