Muslim quota a ploy to grab votes: Maya

BIJNOR: BSP supremo and chief minister Mayawati has claimed that her party has fielded maximum candidates belonging to Muslim community, and the promise of reservation by the Congress and SP is nothing but ‘canard’ meant to grab votes. “Congress an SP are trying to fool Muslims on the pretext of providing reservation. This is a ploy of these parties to grab votes in the ongoing election in the state”, she said.
Addressing a public rally here on Sunday, Mayawati while hitting out at the Congress, alleged that the party had destroyed UP for years and now its young leader (Rahul Gandhi) was terming people of the state, who go out to earn livelihood, as ‘beggars’. Ridiculing the charges of rival parties of lawlessness in UP, she said: “In order to improve the image of my government I sacked several ministers from the cabinet even before charges on them were proved in any court of law.”
Attacking at SP, Mayawati said that the state will see reign of ‘mafias’ if it comes to power.” It will be difficult for women to venture out of their homes alone in the SP government”, she claimed.
Targeting the Congress, Mayawati alleged if the party, ‘hungry’ to form a government in UP for last 22 years, comes to power then small business will cease to exist as they will be given to foreign companies as per the FDI policy, and the poor and unemployed will be forced to migrate to other states.” She also said that communal forces will be strengthened if BJP forms the next government. Meanwhile, speaking in Moradabad, the CM said: “Most of the time it was the Gandhi family which ruled the country, when they could not do anything for the nation for so long how can they claim to develop the state within five years.” The Congress is ‘misusing' the CBI against BSP, as for the NHRM scam, the Centre was responsible, she claimed.
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