BJP demands action against BSP men for 'abusive' slogans

"Mayawati has given a half-baked and laughable clarification on the abusive slogans raised by her party workers during a protest rally. The entire country knows what they meant by those slogans.

"Why is she not taking action against her party leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui in whose presence BSP workers raised abusive slogans?" BJP state general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.

After Dayashankar Singh had sparked an outrage by his derogatory comments questioning the character of the BSP supremo, the party had on Thursday held a huge protest in Hazratbal and raised slogans against the expelled BJP leader's family.

Mayawati today alleged the remarks made by her party leaders, who were protesting against expelled BJP leader Singh, were deliberately misconstrued by the saffron party, reflecting its "polluted" and "casteist" mentality.

Pathak asked why Mayawati was silent on the allegations being levelled against women members of Singh's family.

He said Singh, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely and even BJP expressed regret over Singh's remark against Mayawati. "But the manner in which comments were made against Singh's minor daughter, neither Siddiqui nor Mayawati apologised even once," he said.

While raids are being conducted for Singh's arrest, others against whom FIR had been lodged were moving freely and addressing press conferences openly.

An FIR was filed against Mayawati, Siddiqui and others, on Friday on a complaint of Dayashankar Singh's mother Tetra Devi.