Mayawati slams BJP & RSS, says she will never accept Presidential post

BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday asserted that she will not accept the offer of President’s post from any party. She further alleged that the BJP and the RSS had spread false propaganda that she would be “made the President” if BJP comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, misleading her supporters.

In a statement after reviewing the party’s humiliating defeat in the Uttar Pradesh elections, the four-time former chief minister said she is a firm disciple of Kanshi Ram who had also refused the post in the past. “How can I accept such a post when we know that it will be the end of our party? So, I want to make it clear to every BSP office bearer that in the interest of our party and movement, I will not accept any offer for the President’s post from the BJP or other parties and they should never be misled in future,” Mayawati said.

The term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24 and elections to the post have to held before that.

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The BSP chief said she will spend every moment of her life strengthening the party across the country and urged its members not to be disheartened.

“In this election, through a well-thought-out strategy and conspiracy, the BJP, through its RSS organisation has spread false propaganda among our people that if a BSP government is not formed in UP, we will make your Behenji the President of the country. That is why you allowed BJP to come to power,” Mayawati said while delving into the reasons for her party’s defeat.

“Let alone becoming the President, I cannot even imagine such a thing in my dream. They (BJP) also know that long ago Kanshi Ram ji had rejected this offer and I am his firm disciple,” she said.

The BSP had got only one seat out of 403 in the recently-held Assembly elections while in 2017 it had won 19 seats.

Slams free ration

Addressing a state-level meeting held at the party’s state office here, Mayawati also alleged that the BJP, instead of providing jobs to the poor, gave free ration and made them lachaar (helpless) and gulam (slave).

She said apart from members of her caste (Jatav), those who belong to other castes in the Dalit community should also be “taken out of Hindutva” and brought back to the BSP.
Despite staking claim to votes of the Muslim community and forming alliances with dozens of organisations and parties, the SP was far away from coming to power, Mayawati said.

With inputs from agencies