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BSP may keep off UPA report card function

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will release on Thursday a yearly “Report to the People” on the government’s achievements.

There are reports that Bahujan Samaj Party MPs will not attend the function to be held to mark four years of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance rule.

The BSP’s move coincides with the announcement by MPs of its rival, Samajwadi Party, that they would attend the event, indicating the change in equations in the run-up to next year’s Lok Sabha elections.

“It is our duty to invite everyone,” Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said, while confirming the reports that the BSP was likely to stay away.

This was expected after the recent war of words between the Congress and the BSP in Uttar Pradesh, say observers.

While the Congress has assailed non-utilisation of Central funds by the Uttar Pradesh government, particularly in the water-starved Bundelkhand, BSP leader Mayawati has reacted caustically to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visits to Dalit homes in his Amethi constituency.

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