BSP Chief Mayawati, addressing a rally in Mau on Wednesday, 15 May, called the rape accusations on the Mahagatbandhan candidate Atul Rai, baseless and false. She claims that Rai has been falsely framed by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).
The BSP supremo along with Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav vouched for the candidate and urged the people to vote for Rai, who is contesting from the Ghosi constituency.
Rai has been absconding for over 10 days now, after the Varanasi Court issued a non-bailable warrant against him.
“Now they [BJP] are in bad shape. In their political selfishness, without caring for the honour of our women, they have brought up cases that are one or two years old and have forcefully made women level false allegations.”Mayawati, BSP Chief