New Delhi, Slamming the BSP chief for making derogatory comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and women in the BJP, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Ms Mayawati has only demeaned the stature of her own leadership and the positions she has held and it shows that she has no respect left for any position or institution.
‘By her comments on Prime Minister, his personal life and all women in the BJP who are absolutely safe, Mayawati ji has only demeaned the stature of her own leadership and the positions she has held,’ Ms Sitharaman along with party leader Bizay Shastri said in a press conference here.
Ms Sitharaman said this only shows that she has no respect left for any position or institution.
Hitting back at Mr Modi’s remarks of “shedding crocodile tears” over the Alwar gang-rape, BSP leader Mayawati said the BJP has never respected women and playing “dirty politics” over the Alwar case during the election.
‘It is absolutely disappointing and shocking that Ms Mayawati has spoken so ill about Prime Minister, his personal life and the women in BJP,’ the Defence Minister said, adding that ‘Mayawati ji, please be assured we’re all absolutely safe, secure and have good professional relationships in our party.’
‘You don’t have to worry about us. Clearly having been in politics for long, she knows that the mahagathbandhan is going nowhere,’ the minister said. She said the Prime Minister demanded some fair answers that ‘will Ms Mayawati take up the cause of the Dalit girl’, as the case was pending without an FIR.
‘You represent oppressed classes then why did you remain silent, ‘ Ms Sitharaman demanded and added that the BSP chief was only revealing that she is imminently facing a political failure.
Ms Mayawati has understood that her gathbandhan (with SP) is getting nowhere and this is the reason for her worry and sense of insecurity, she pointed out.
Ms Sitharaman demanded that Ms Mayawati apologise for her comment about the Prime Minister and women in the BJP and for forgetting that Dalit girl in Rajasthan.
The reaction of Mayawati came, after on Sunday the Prime Minister demanded that she announce withdrawal of support to the Congress government in Rajasthan, as they are supporting the minority government even after the rape incident of a dalit girl in Alwar.
Dr Shastri said in the last phase of general elections, it has become clear that under the leadership, a majority government will be formed and that is why the opposition is disappointed and a result they are resorting to wrong language and personal comments.
He said, ‘The comment made by Ms Mayawati is a fresh example after she is realising that her party will again not open account in general elections.’
Ms Mayawati is misusing the mission set out by BSP founder Kanshi Ram and Baba Ambedkar, he said, adding that she is not ‘dalit ki beti’ but ‘daulat ki beti’.
Dr Shastri alleged that her income has been increasing every year and looks like her model is similar to ‘Vadra model of corruption’ where wealth was being enhanced through big companies.
He alleged involvement of Ms Mayawati’s brother Anand Kumar in the corruption where ‘black money was being converted to white’ and their fortunes grew exponentially, adding that the Dalit community knows the truth so they were ignoring her.