In TN, dalit voices are suppressed: Maya

Can the elephant pass through the key hole or will it mark its presence by barging inside? Well, in the heartland of Dravidian politics, the improbable is seldom probable. But, Mayawati's visit to the city was a shot in the arm for the 70-odd Bahujan Samaj Party candidates contesting the polls.
“Jai Bheem. Jai Bharat,“ said the BSP leader as soon as she arrived on the dais sharp at 6.40pm at Island Grounds.And the crowd lapped it up.There were around 2,000 people at the ground, including more than 500 party cadres.Amid a sea of blue BSP flags, Mayawati began her address by saying the party was firmly rooted in its philosophy of not aligning with any other party .“We will contest alone, on the basis of our merit,“ she said.
Underscoring that since in dependence, there was no considerable difference in the social and economic stature of Bahujans (SCs, STs, OBCs and religious minorities), she attacked the Centre for trying to come up with anti-reservation policies.“On the pretext of reviewing the policy of reservation, BJP and RSS were conspiring to do away with it,“ she said.
The economic policies of the government were not meant for the welfare of the poor, but to support a few capitalists, who had funded the elections, she said, adding that Tamil Nadu was no different.She also said instead of focusing on glaring issues like pov erty and unemployment, regional parties like DMK and AIADMK were belting out hollow promises in their manifestos. Most of the freebies and sops promised were made to lure people, she said.
“I have been informed that, in TN, the oppressed who raised their voices against the perpetrators have been killed or their houses set on fire,“ said Mayawati. “The master key , to implement pro-poor and egalitarian policies, was to bring BSP to power,“ she said.