Accusing BJP of deceiving the people through its false promises, on Saturday BSP supremo Mayawati warned that if saffron party voted to power in Uttar Pradesh it would withdraw caste- based reservation.
“With its Lok Sabha poll promises yet to be fulfilled, the BJP has no moral right to release its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh. The BJP has been in power for almost three years at the Centre now but it has not even fulfilled one-forth of its promises,” Mayawati said after BJP president Amit Shah released party manifesto.
“Sometimes in the name of surgical strikes and sometimes in the name of fighting black money, the government has been doing drama one after the other,” she said.
“Unable to divert the people’s attention from its failures, this government suddenly demonetised Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes. People especially farmers, daily wagers and economically weaker sections of the society are yet to overcome the sufferings of demonetisation,” she said.
Dubbing the BJP manifesto as nothing but deceit, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister warned the people against voting for the BJP.
“The BJP has absolute majority at the Centre and if they come to power in Uttar Pradesh, they will enact laws withdrawing reservation for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. People should never forget the incidents Rohit Vemula or the burning of Dalit children in Faridabad,” added Mayawati.
