Nueva Delhi: as the leader of Congress, Rahul Gandhi, questioned Mayawati’s political approach accusing her not to join the hands with the Anti-BJP front during the 2024 Lok Sabha SurveysThe head of the Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) returned the blow while accused of Congress of having a ‘casteist mentality’.
Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to his constituency of Raebareli Lok Sabha, said Thursday that he was disappointed when Mayawati decided not to join India Bloc and fight against Lok Sabha’s elections against the BJP.
“I wanted Behenji to fight with us against the BJP, but for some reason, she did not. Raebareli. .
Without doing hours after Rahul’s comment, Mayawati took X and criticized his group in a series of tweets.
“Wherever the congress is strong or in power, it houses the hostility and casteist attitudes towards BSP and its followers. But in states like UP, where it is weak, tries to deceive people when talking about an alliance with BSP. If this is not.
He also said that past alliances with Congress had always been harmful to his party.
“Every time BSP allied with Congress or other casteistas parties, our base vote was transferred to them. But this was never reciprocated. As a result, BSP always suffered losses,” he said.
“They (Congress and BJP) have constantly opposed Dr. Br Ambedkar, the BSP, their leadership, followers of Dalit-Bahujan and the reservation system,” Mayawati wrote.
“Its policies have hindered the constitutional objective of the equality and well -being of the nation, which is deeply worrying,” he said.
Interestingly, Rahul Gandhi during his interaction with Dalit’s students had started praising Mayawati.
He talked about the role of the founder of BSP Kanshi Ram in Indian politics.
“I think Kanshi Ram Ji sat the foundations, and Behenji (Mayawati) was built on it,” he said before questioning his current political position.
In 2024, Lok Sabha’s elections, the Congress and the Samajwadi party of Akhilesh Yadav fought together as part of the Indian block in Uttar Pradesh against the BJP. Mayawati had decided to go alone in the elections.
The alliance won 44 seats making a great dent in the strength of the BJP, where its account fell from 62 in 2019.
