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Congress attacks Mayawati over Muslim quota
Tuesday December 20, 2011 08:16:19 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
Congress Monday hit out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati
for attempting to hijack the central government's agenda on quota
for backward caste Muslims.
"Focused on erecting her own statues for most part of her tenure,
the Uttar Pradesh chief minister has suddenly woken up to the
concerns of the common man," said Congress spokesperson Abhishek
Manu Singhvi, adding that "no party other than the Congress has
had an inclusive approach and created schemes for the welfare of
minorities".
He said she did not focus on development in the past four and half
years and now she was trying to confuse the voters on caste and
religious grounds.
The assembly elections in the state are scheduled to be held in
2012.
Addressing a rally of Muslim, Vaishya and Kshatriya communities in
Lucknow Sunday, Mayawati had said the total reservation for OBCs
should be increased proportionately and said the demand for
inclusion of certain OBCs in Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
could be accepted by increasing the quota for SCs and Sts.
Mayawati said the BSP would support a constitutional amendment in
this regard.
Singhvi said the BSP chief was resorting to tricks as she had seen
the writing on the wall. He said Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party
would be routed in the elections next year.
"The minorities will not be fooled by such rhetoric," he said.
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