Questioning the Samajwadi Party government’s claim of fulfilling its poll promises three years into its term, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday dared the ruling party to go in for mid-term elections.
Talking to journalists here, Ms. Mayawati said, “If the Akhilesh Yadav government believes this claim, then the Samajwadi Party should not delay getting the Assembly dissolved and seeking a fresh mandate.”
“But the party which made only tall promises would not do so,” she said. The BSP president said the Dalits, the OBCs, religious minorities and the poor among the upper castes were in a state of despair.
Ms. Mayawati condemned the State government’s move to revert Dalit employees of the Irrigation Department, not allowing reservation in promotion.
“People’s confidence in the government’s ability to control crime and maintain law and order has been eroded. The Chief Minister’s recent poser if he should wear the police uniform to make law and order better underlines the situation and the government’s helplessness,” she said.
