Mulayam Singh Yadav is ‘B-team of BJP’, not BSP: Mayawati assaults Samajwadi Party

By PTI

LUCKNOW: Hitting again at “B-team of BJP” jibe, BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday alleged that relatively than her occasion, it’s Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav who’s overtly with the saffron occasion and in addition bought his son blessed by it.

She additionally attacked Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for altering the names of establishments named after B R Ambedkar throughout his tenure.

“It is not the BSP, but SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav who is openly with the BJP. In the last swearing-in, he had got Shri Akhilesh blessed by the BJP and has now sent a member to the BJP for his work,” Mayawati tweeted in Hindi, in an obvious reference to Mulayam’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav, who lately joined the BJP.

“The Ambedkarites of UP will never forgive SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who had changed most of the names of schemes and institutions named after him (B R Ambedkar) during his (SP) government, which is disgusting and shameful,” she stated in one other tweet.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is commonly known as the “B-team of BJP” by its political rivals, particularly after Union Home Minister Amit Shah remarked that the occasion has maintained its relevance.

“The BSP has maintained its relevance. I believe they will get votes. I do not know how much of it will convert into seats, but it will get votes,” Shah had stated throughout the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

Mayawati had later appreciated Shah for acknowledging that her occasion would get votes.

The senior BJP chief’s comment had additionally triggered hypothesis over the potential for a post-election tie-up between the 2 events.

In 1995, 1997 and 2002, Mayawati was sworn in as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh with BJP’s assist.