Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, on Monday kickstarted her campaign for the 2019 General Election, with a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, which is a BSP stronghold.
Addressing her first public rally after she resigned as Rajya Sabha member in July, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said the country was "worse than Emergency" with central government agencies being "let loose" on opposition leaders.
“Various arms and agencies of the central government like Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Income Tax (IT) have been let loose on opposition leaders to intimidate them and muzzle their voice,” she told a large gathering of supporters and party workers in Saharanpur.