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Mayawati slams UPA economic policies
Says will decide on
Wednesday whether to continue support to govt or not
Tuesday October 09, 2012 05:48:23 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister
Mayawati Tuesday hinted at snap polls and asked party workers and
supporters to gear up for the Lok Sabha polls and ensure victory
for the party.
Addressing a mammoth rally at the Ramabai grounds on the outskirts
of the state capital, Mayawati said her party was bitterly opposed
to allowing FDI in retail and would continue to oppose it.
Accusing the Congress-led UPA-II of being behind the pathetic
condition of farmers, the poor and the middle class, Mayawati also
slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his 'Paise Ped Par Nahin
Lagte' (Money does not grow on trees) statement. She blamed the
union government's economic policies as the reason for Indians'
travails.
The BSP's 21 MPs in the Lok Sabha are crucial for the Manmohan
Singh government after the withdrawal of support by the Trinamool
Congress's 19 MPs.
Mayawati also announced that she would deliberate with party
leaders on whether to continue support to the UPA or not and would
announce the course of her future relationship with the union
government Wednesday. She, however, told the gathering more than
thrice that elections for the Lok Sabha "appear to be in the
offing sooner than later" and asked party cadres to be ready for
the polls.
"You all have to ensure that BSP candidates are elected to
parliament in large numbers not only from Uttar Pradesh but also
from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra," she told the
gathering.
She also cautioned voters not to be swayed by sops and schemes
likely to be announced by the Congress in the run-up to the
general elections. "Congress will try to tempt you with schemes
and projects as elections come near but do not be carried away,"
she said adding that they should realize that their pathetic
living condition was because of Congress policies.
Referring to the scams, the four-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister
said the country was fed up of scams that seem to be popping up
every day. "First it was CWG, then 2G, then Coalgate and the issue
of black money stashed in foreign bank accounts," she said adding
that the country had enough of corruption.
She also accused the union
government of siding with the 'dhanna seth' (corporate houses and
the rich) at the cost of the people of the country. She also
accused the Congress of humiliating Dalit icons.
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