Despite scams, BSP turns offensive in UP
Even as scams continue to tumble out from the Mayawati rule with an alarming regularity, the Bahujan Samaj Party has now decided to adopt an offensive posture against the Akhilesh Yadav government.
“The Samajwadi Party probably expected us to turn defensive but they are now in for a shock because we have slipped into an attacking mode,” said a senior party functionary.
The BSP has decided to wash its hands off all the scams by conveniently pinning the blame on bureaucrats.
“Ms Mayawati never gave any financial sanctions and if the bureaucrats went wrong, then they must pay for their mistakes,” said state BSP president Swami Prasad Maurya.
According to BSP sources, Ms Mayawati has asked Mr Swami Prasad Maurya and Mr Naseemuddin Siddiqui to hold press conferences on a weekly basis and expose the chinks in the Samajwadi armour.
Last week, the BSP leaders had sought the dismissal of controversial minister Raja Bhaiyya for his alleged involvement in the foodgrain scam and then went on to accuse the Samajwadi Party of suffering from a “BSP mania”.
Last week, when UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav decided to terminate 26 schemes started during Ms Mayawati’s rule, the BSP leaders marched to Raj Bhavan to seek the governor’s intervention — something that the BSP has rarely done before.
The Bahujan Samaj Party leaders claimed that the schemes were poor-oriented and named after dalit icons and terminating them amounted to hurting dalit sentiments.
Party sources said that the BSP had decided to turn aggressively vocal as part of its new strategy.
“Initially, it was decided that we would keep quiet for about six months and let the new government work but with the kind of witch hunting that is taking place, we have had to change our strategy. We cannot remain silent and watch the party being blamed for everything that went wrong in the state. We will fight back and display our full might if need be,” said a former BSP minister.
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