Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh hurled abuses at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati and compared her to a “prostitute”. Responding to the comments, she called it an attack on women and dalits. There were protests on the streets as well as in the Parliament. Singh was expelled from the party and an FIR was filed against him.
BSP workers took to the streets protesting the comments, waving flags in the air and shouting slogans. BSP’s Chandigarh unit chief Jannat Jahan announced a reward of Rs 50 lakhs to the person who would bring her Dayashankar’s tongue.
BJP declared to hold demonstrations across UP against the abuses hurled by the BSP workers at the wife and the minor daughter of Dayashankar Singh.