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Mayawati: we rely on masses

KOTTAYAM: Mayawati, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, on Tuesday called upon the party’s Kerala unit to draw up plans to mobilise the support of the poor among the forward communities in preparation for the Lok Sabha elections.

She was addressing a ‘brotherhood rally’ here, wrapping up her three-day tour of the southern States to galvanise support for the party. She said the economically backward among all sections of society had been let down by the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and their allies at the Centre and States. Resentment against this betrayal had been simmering among the poor and the middle class, and the party had to mobilise their support. Ms. Mayawati said the BSP did not belong to any caste or community.

The philosophy of the party as envisaged by its founder, Kanshi Ram, provided for the wellbeing of all sections of society.

She said the party was elected to power for the fourth time in Uttar Pradesh and had successfully attended to the needs of all sections of society.

On job reservation, the BSP leader said she had written to the Union government several times to provide for separate reservation for the poor among the forward communities and to extend the status of reserved community to converted Christians. Neither the BJP nor the Congress-led governments listened to it.

She said the BSP had always depended on the support of the masses. It was this difference that had helped her party transform the government into a pro-people one whenever it came to power in Uttar Pradesh.

A. Neelalohitha Dasan Nadar, BSP leader, presided. Suresh Mane, national general secretary and coordinator (southern zone), Saji K. Cheraman, State president, and others spoke.

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