‘Money-minting’ remark shows casteist mentality: Mayawati

At a meeting of her party office-bearers and leaders, she claimed the BJP-led NDA government is ‘losing’ its credibility as it is working for capitalists and not for the poor, the Dalits, religious minorities and other deprived sections.

This is the reason the party is losing by-elections in several states, she said. At a rally in Mau on Sunday, BJP president Amit Shah had praised BSP founder Kanshi Ram as ‘a man with a clear heart’ while he had attacked Maywati saying she ‘has turned BSP into a money-minting machine’. 

During the meeting to review BSP’s preparedness and to extend its mass base in run-up of the 2017 Assembly elections, Mayawati cautioned the party workers to remain alert of ‘conspiracies’ being hatched by BJP, SP and Congress.

She said the BSP was pursuing humanitarian movement with ‘small contributions’, whereas BJP, Congress and their governments, who take help from capitalists, have become their ‘slaves’.

Mayawati said ruling Samajwadi Party’s claims of development were ‘hollow’.

“Quality of most of the new construction works was so poor, it affects their optimum use in public interest. Even then action is not taken against the guilty,” she said.

Mayawati said once BSP comes to power an inquiry would be conducted and guilty persons penalised.