I will teach Mayawati how to do politics: Maurya
25 June, Lucknow
Rebel Bahujan Samaj Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya today continued his attack on his former mentor Mayawati saying she has no knowledge and understanding of politics and he will teach her the politics.
Ms Mayawati, addressing a meeting of the BSP legislators and leaders here earlier in the day, had called Mr Maurya a ‘traitor and selfish’ leader who has hurt the mission of Kanshi Ram by deserting the party. She had also called Mr Maurya a “non-performer” as the Leader of Opposition in the UP Assembly.Countering the charges levelled by Ms Mayawati, the former leader of opposition told reporters: “Political conduct of Mayawati is too well known as her politics revolves around minting money.
Mayawati is a political illiterate and now I am free from the bondage of the BSP and I will teach her a lesson about the politics.”Even as the 2017 state assembly elections are a do-or-die battle for every political party, Mayawati as usual is selling the party tickets to the highest bidder in open auction. Her concern for the Dalits and the downtrodden sections of the society is a facade and she is thriving in politics on the political capital accumulated by Kanshi Ram by his relentless struggle for ensuring the place of honour of Dalits and poor people in the society.”
Maurya alleged: “I will show her very soon what politics is all about. The BSP MLAs are deaf and dumb and her slaves and cannot dare speak and they are exploited. If any MLA/leader in the BSP refuses to pay huge sums of money to Mayawati is shown the door.”
He added that if Ms Mayawati wanted to protect her credibility she will have to return the money to the MLAs and other party leaders, she has extorted from them in last many years.A deep resentment prevails in the party as Ms Mayawati has turned the BSP into a money spinning racket and has sold the mission of Constitution architect Dr B R Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram, Maurya said, adding that due to lust for money, BSP was steadily losing its support base in the state and the committed cadres at the grassroot level are deserting the party.
Claiming that the Dalits and the OBCs earlier associated with the BSP were now supporting him, Maurya said, “I have sent my supporter MLAs in the BSP to the meeting called by Mayawati here today to know her strategy.”Keeping his cards close to his chest, the rebel leader refused to reveal his future course of action after resigning from the BSP. “I am keeping all options open and I will reveal my next plan of action very soon.”
The former leader of opposition has already shut the doors for the Samajwadi Party by slamming it as “party of goondas and criminals”. Mr Maurya was in Delhi yesterday and there he is reported to have met BJP president Amit Shah and BJP general secretary and UP in charge Om Mathur.
The rebel leader also refused that he had asked assembly tickets for his son and daughter as alleged by Ms Mayawati.The former BSP leader claimed, “I am having a stream of visitors mostly the BSP cadres, from across the state congratulating me for talking the bold decision of resigning from the party. “Mayawati became the chief minister of UP for four times due to the relentless struggle of Dr Ambedkar and Kanshiram in 2017 she and her party will be reduced to a big zero.”