Plans rallies in district headquarters to ‘expose Opposition conspiracy’
Unfazed by criticism, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati cocked a snook at the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, once again accepting a garland made of currency notes, worth Rs. 18 lakh, at her party meeting here on Wednesday.
In fact, Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party national secretary Naseemuddin Siddiqui said, party workers were determined to present currency garlands to Ms. Mayawati at all future programmes also.
On Monday, the BSP supremo was presented with a jumbo garland made of Rs.1000 notes by party workers at the BSP silver jubilee rally in the State capital. The currency value was variously estimated at between Rs. 21 lakh and Rs. 21 crore.
Condemning her acceptance of the gift, the Opposition parties accused her of a “vulgar display of money power.”
Manifestation of anger
At Wednesday's meeting of BSP Ministers, MPs and office-bearers, convened by Ms. Mayawati to take stock of the situation following the rally and to devise a strategy to tackle the Opposition onslaught, Mr. Siddiqui said: “The party has not taken kindly to the Opposition propaganda on the garland presented to the BSP supremo on March 15. The presentation of another garland on Wednesday was a manifestation of the party workers' anger towards the Opposition parties and reiteration of their loyalty to the Chief Minister.”
The currency notes which formed the garland presented on Wednesday were contributed by party workers from 18 divisions in Uttar Pradesh, he said.
State BSP president Swami Prasad Maurya, condemning the Opposition criticism, said the BSP was a national party which filed income tax returns.
Addressing the office-bearers, Ms. Mayawati said parda farsh rallies would be staged in all district headquarters in the State on March 25, to “expose the Opposition conspiracy.” She would attend the rally in a district of her choice.
On April 14, protests would be held in all district headquarters in the country against the Women's Reservation Bill.
Demonstrations would be held against price rise on June 22.
Correction
In the above report the term “parda farsh rallies” should have been “ parda faash”. “ Parda farsh” roughly means “curtain floor” and has no meaning. “ Parda faash” means “open the curtain” or “reveal”.
Keywords: Mayawati, BSP, Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Uttar Pradesh
Comments:
I wonder why people vote for politicians like Mayawati even in this DNA age.
Ridiculous.
This is the most ridiculous thing. These kind of people have to be taken off from politics.
The word to it is 'repugnant'!!
A lower middle class Indian family's lifetime achievement wasted on a good for nothing Chief Minister.
A state which is still one of the poorest in the country elects people who are just concerned about filling up their pockets.
Can't the government stop all this corruption. The sources who provide all such gifts should be properly scrutinized for receiving any favors from the Govt.
BSP, first provide water/electricity/food to people as they need it more than the parks and statues and garland worth crores of rupees.
The hullabaloo over currency garland is highly misplaced.It is common knowledge that felicitation by currency note or coins is a widely prevalent trait of Indian social and political visage.Grooms are invariably adorned with currency garlands in parts of north India.Not very long ago,political leaders of various shades used to weigh themselves against currency coins and jewelery.The fact that Mayawati was being felicitated on the occasion of completion of BSP's twenty five years in politics is being overlooked.Moreover,funding of political parties by wealthy is not a new thing to Indian politics.Does it amount to social impropriety when neglected and ostracized people contribute small token amount of money to a party adding to the corpus?
Where is this money coming from ? How is it accounted for ? How do parties raise money ? That should be made public
I don't know what she thinks about herself. I appreciate her that she has come from BSP and made it to the highest position of a backward state. But what she is doing with the public fund is not good. I agree that this thing is followed from ages in Indian Politics but no one has concerns about this. We keep on giving tax and they keep on spending it. I don't know why People from UP are still suppoerting her for this kind of things. May be they are still sleeping..