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BJP left red faced over UP leader’s remarks on Maya
The BJP was left squirming after a senior leader in Uttar Pradesh made derogatory remarks on Wednesday against BSP chief Mayawati drawing severe all-round condemnation and forcing it to sack him from the party but its regret failed to douse the uproar in the Rajya Sabha, which was paralysed on the issue.
Mau/New Delhi : The BJP was left squirming after a senior leader in Uttar Pradesh made derogatory remarks on Wednesday against BSP chief Mayawati drawing severe all-round condemnation and forcing it to sack him from the party but its regret failed to douse the uproar in the Rajya Sabha, which was paralysed on the issue.
The controversy over party vice president in UP Dayashanker Singh's statement against the dalit leader hit the party hard on a day it was already battling an opposition onslaught in Parliament on vigilante violence against dalits who had skinned a dead cow in Gujarat.
"Mayawati is breaking the dream of Kanshi Ram into pieces. Mayawati is selling tickets like a...," Dayashankar Singh told reporters in Mau, Uttar Pradesh.
"Mayawati gives tickets for Rs 1 crore and if there is someone who can give Rs 2 crore, then she sells it for Rs 2 crore within an hour. If someone is ready to give Rs 3 crore by the evening, she gives the ticket to him. She is even worse than...," said Singh, who was in Mau for the first time after becoming party vice president to meet party workers on Wednesday morning.
Singh's remarks drew severe flak from members in the Rajya Sabha, including women MPs, with Deputy Chairperson P J Kurien saying that the House wants the government to ensure that stringent action is taken against the BJP leader, as per law, for his "unforgivable" comments.
There was all-round condemnation of Singh for his remarks by MPs, including Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, DMK's Kanimozhi, TMC's Derek O'Brien, Congress' Kumari Selja and Renuka Chowdhury, TK Rangarajan of CPI(M) and Satish Chandra Mishra of BSP and demands were made for action against him.
