Mayawati slams Congress, SP; dismisses alliance speculation

In a series of posts on the social media platform X, Mayawati ruled out the possibility of an alliance with Congress or SP in the Lok Sabha or the assembly elections. After SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday attacked the BJP over the derisive and derogatory remark made by BJP’s Mant (Mathura) MLA Rajesh Chaudhary against Mayawati, there was speculation of bonhomie between SP and BSP in political circles, but the BSP chief put a curtain on the rapport between her party and SP.

Attacking Congress, Mayawati said the followers of Bhimrao Ambedkar would never forgive the Congress Party, which organised the Samvidhan Samman Ceremony in Prayagraj on Saturday, for not honouring Baba Saheb, the chief architect of the Constitution, with the title of Bharat Ratna both during his lifetime and after his death.

Also, “when Kanshi Ram, who gave impetus to Baba Saheb’s movement, died, this Congress, while having a government in the centre, did not declare a single day of national mourning in his honour, and neither did the SP government declare state mourning. Be cautious of such double standards in thinking, behaviour, and character,” she said.