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I hold master key to power, thunders Mayawati
Tuesday February 21, 2012 07:37:27 PM,
IANS
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Agra:
"I hold the master key to power," thundered Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati at an election rally here Tuesday in which she
blasted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Addressing thousands at Kothi Meena Bazar ground here, the Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP) chief called upon Agra's Dalits to vote for her
if they wanted a Dalit to remain at the helm of affairs.
Calling Rahul Gandhi a "Yuvraj", she said: "If you vote for the
Congress, all the poor and unemployed would have to go to other
states to earn their livelihood."
A victory of the Samajwadi Party in the ongoing assembly elections
would only usher in "goonda, badmash and mafia-run jungle raj",
she warned.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she said, would only bring back
communal and feudal politics.
"The state under BSP has been free of communal tensions and people
have lived in amity," she said, referring to the five years since
2007 when the BSP took power on its own.
In her 50-minute speech, she made fun of the claims of other
political outfits.
She accused the Congress-led central government of creating
hurdles in Uttar Pradesh's development.
"The high court benches in Meerut and Agra have to be cleared by
the centre. Many of our financial problems are the result of
centre's lack of support," Mayawati charged.
Ending her speech on an emotive note, Mayawati said: "If you want
a Dalit ki beti (Dalit's daughter) as your chief minister again,
vote for the BSP."
And she added to thunderous applause: "Today I hold the master key
to power."
Mayawati said the BSP did not believe in election manifestos.
She warned that small shopkeepers and businessmen would be without
work if the Congress allowed foreign direct investment in retail
sector.
Mayawati said the Election Commission had hurt the feelings of
Dalits by ordering the covering up of elephant statues across
Uttar Pradesh because the animal was the election symbol of her
party.
And in a mocking tone, she thanked the media for giving the
elephants and her party so much publicity for free.
In 2007, the BSP won six of nine seats in Agra district.
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