Impossible to forgive SP for its betrayal, casteist acts: Maya

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Sunday said that Samajwadi Party 's betrayal and casteist acts are "impossible to forgive" and added that the party lacks the will power to ensure the welfare of Dalits .

Referring to the 1995 guest house incident in Lucknow and other actions, she said, "Samajwadi Party betraying BSP, making a fatal attack on its leadership on June 2, tearing the promotion-in-reservation bill in parliament, changing the names of districts, parks, educational and medical colleges which were built in the honour of their (Dalit's) saints and icons are casteist acts that cannot be forgiven."

She criticised the SP for denying Dalits their constitutional rights and lacking the willpower for their welfare and development.

"The Samajwadi Party, like the Congress, BJP and others, can never be the true well-wisher of Dalits-Bahujans because of the flaw in its policies and intentions. It will always keep on deceiving (Dalits and Bahujans) for the sake of their votes. BSP, on the contrary, is committed to their cause and is struggling to make Bahujan the ruling class," she said.

In a series of posts on X, she said that forget about working in the interest of and for the welfare and development of Dalits by giving them their constitutional rights, the SP lacks concern to bring them out of poverty and end atrocities, injustice and caste-based discrimination against them.

"While BSP has been successful to a great extent in its mission to create an egalitarian society and brotherhood among the ‘sarv samaj' (all the communities), Samajwadi Party is out to destroy it to fulfil its narrow political interests," the BSP chief said, cautioning the people to stay vigilant.