After walking free from jail, expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh on Sunday fired a fresh salvo at BSP chief Mayawati claiming she “auctioned” tickets and dared her to fight against his wife in any unreserved seat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year.
Mr. Singh demanded that a CBI inquiry be ordered into the allegations against Ms. Mayawati or else he would file a PIL on the issue.
The leader, who was arrested for allegedly making derogatory comments against the BSP chief last month, was on Sunday released from Mau jail, a day after a local court granted him bail. He was nabbed by U.P. Special Task Force with the help of Bihar Police from Buxar on July 29 after being on the run for nine days.
After his release from the jail, Mr. Singh paid obeisance at a temple and soon left for Lucknow, where he addressed a press conference.
“I am firm on my statement that Mayawati sells tickets. At that time I used a word, for which I expressed regret the very same day,” he said. “My party removed me from my post and expelled me, but it failed to satisfy Mayawati and an FIR was lodged against me,” he added. — PTI
