Accusing BSP supremo Mayawati of seeking votes in the name of caste, a BJP leader moved the Election Commission against her for releasing a caste-wise list of her party candidates.
“Mayawati, during her press conference on December 24 and January 3, presented caste-wise details of ticket distribution, clearly stating that her party has given tickets to how many Muslims, backwards, scheduled castes and others,” BJP leader Neeraj Shankar Saxena said.
Countering him, BSP leader Sudhindra Bhadoria said, “We wanted to tell people that we are not a party of Dalits only, but a party where Muslims, OBCs, upper castes, other communities...Everybody is under one umbrella.”
“Look at their track record. What have they been saying? (BJP MP) Sakshi Maharaj said Muslims are responsible for population boom. Amit Shah, during Bihar elections, said that if the BJP lost, there will be celebrations in Pakistan. Look at what other leaders like Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti are saying.”