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Digvijay flays Mayawati’s statement on successor

Atiq Khan

LUCKNOW: The All-India Congress general secretary and in-charge of party’s Uttar Pradesh affairs, Digvijay Singh, on Monday said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s announcement that her successor would be from a particular Dalit sub-caste (Chamar) was completely divorced from the philosophy of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram. Stating that Dr. Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram worked for coalescing the Dalits, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said that Ms. Mayawati’s statement would harm their political philosophy.

Mr. Singh told journalists that the Congress had no objection to Ms. Mayawati becoming the Prime Minister, but from where would she get support for achieving her ambition, he asked. Dismissing the fear expressed by Ms. Mayawati that her life was in danger, Mr. Singh said she had resorted to emotional blackmail (of her constituents). If it was so, then the Chief Minister should furnish proof and get a case registered, he added.

‘Coterie to blame’

Mr. Singh said a coterie surrounding the Bahujan Samaj Party president had created a phobia of there being a threat to Ms. Mayawati’s life in a bid to shut her away from the party workers. Mr. Singh accused the CM of violating the Land Acquisition Act in her parental village, Badalpur, by acquiring land meant for “public purpose.”

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