Mayawati criticises Congress and BJP over caste census and reservation issues
LUCKNOW: BSP National President
Mayawati
criticised
Congress
once again on Saturday for trying to take credit for the caste-based census, which the govt has decided to conduct for the first time since independence and the year 1931.
She said that while doing so, Congress forgot about its history, which is a "black episode" for keeping crores of Dalits and OBCs deprived of their constitutional rights, including reservation. "Congress also lost because of it," said Mayawati.
After being out of power, the newfound love of Congress for Dalits and OBCs is devoid of trust and nothing but opportunistic politics for the sake of their votes, said the BSP chief. "Who can forget about Congress's ill intention to make reservation ineffective and scrap it finally?"
In a series of her posts on X, the former UP CM was also unsparing on
BJP
and said that it is no less than Congress in making reservation and other welfarist objectives of the constitution irrelevant. "Both are birds of the same feather."
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It is given its selfishness for votes and lust for power that BJP bowed down to people's expectations regarding the caste-based census, she said.
The attitude of Congress and BJP has been casteist and malicious in many matters similar to conferring Bharat Ratna on Babasaheb Dr
Bhimrao Ambedkar
and giving reservation to OBCs, said Mayawati, adding, "But the games of their politics of vote are weird. People need to be vigilant."
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