Mayawati wades into Mirchpur
TNN, Jun 10, 2010, 02.27am IST
NEW DELHI: Dalits of Haryana are caught in a high-pitched political
crossfire, with BSP chief Mayawati jumping in to cash in on reports of
rising atrocities in the state and factions of Congress at work to
settle scores.
The UP CM has written to President Pratibha Patil seeking dismissal of
the Congress regime in Haryana for failing to protect SCs, citing
Mirchpur attacks and clashes in Palwal during panchayat polls.
The letter came amid hectic action by the Congress to woo the Mirchpur
victims. Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday met the
families sitting on dharna in the Capital and persuaded them to return
home. He also rebuffed Mayawati's charge. "This is democracy. Anyone
can say anything. But in our government, dalits are better protected
than in any other state," he told TOI. He said the Mirchpur families
had ended the dharna and had returned home.
However, there are concerns in Congress that rising cases of
atrocities are giving scope to rivals to wade into the trouble. The
aggression from the BSP chief is aimed at countering Rahul Gandhi's
campaign against her regime. The Haryana cases seem to have given her
a strong handle to get even with Congress.
While Mayawati has caught Congress off guard, there seems little
respite for the latter as its factions are also working overtime on
Mirchpur. In a development which has raised eyebrows, Kamla and
Ravindra, wife and son of Tarachand who was burnt alive with
polio-stricken daughter in Mirchpur, on Tuesday issued a prepared
statement in which they thanked Congress brass of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul
Gandhi and CM Hooda, while claiming that Union minister Selja had
instigated them to sit on dharna in the Capital.
Their abrupt change of tone after targeting the state for collusion
with perpetrators led many to doubt if the victims were speaking on
their own. Mayawati does not want to let the opportunity pass. Picking
on Palwal clashes during a local poll this week, she said, "It is sad
that even after 62 years of independence, the Haryana government is
not able to ensure voting rights to SCs and it has no right to
continue in power."
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