Mayawati woos Muslims

"If Modi becomes the Prime Minister the country would be in the throes of communal animosity"

April 19, 2014 06:35 pm | Updated May 21, 2016 12:20 pm IST - Farukkhabad

BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday said Muslims “should not get confused” and vote together in favour of her party to keep communal forces at bay.

“If the Muslim electorate really want to keep communal forces out of the power, they must vote unitedly in favour of the BSP candidates,” the former UP chief minister said at an election rally in Farukkhabad.

While making an apparent reference to Congress candidate Salman Khurshid, she said without getting confused, Muslims should vote in favour of BSP. Ms. Mayawati criticised BJP leader Narendra Modi and warned that if he becomes the Prime Minister, the country would be in the throes of communal animosity, which would be dangerous.

Attacking the Congress, she alleged that it was due to its wrong policies that inflation and unemployment were increasing.

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