‘Prostitute’ Row: Mayawati Accuses BJP of Political Vendetta
Mayawati alleged that the BJP pressured the SP government in UP into lodging an FIR against her.
Taking a dig at the BJP, Mayawati alleged that it pressured the SP government in UP into lodging an FIR against her and preventing the arrest of Dayashankar Singh, who made derogatory remarks against her.
The BSP supremo claimed that the controversy was raked up by BJP ahead of 2017 UP Assembly polls to distract people’s attention from the issues of atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat raised by her inside and outside Parliament.
She alleged the remarks made by her party leaders, who were protesting against expelled BJP leader Singh, were deliberately misconstrued by the saffron party, reflecting its “polluted” and “casteist” mentality.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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