Mulayam's stunt ridiculous: Mayawati
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
Lucknow, July 15, 2010First Published: 18:46 IST(15/7/2010)
Last Updated: 18:52 IST(15/7/2010)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday ridiculed the
apology of Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav to Muslim
community for tying up with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh. Sharply
reacting to Yadav's statement, Mayawati said in Lucknow on Thursday
that it was a political gimmick and quite ridiculous. She related
stories
Mulayam offers apology to Muslims for shaking hands with Kalyan
said people should not trust such a leader with double character. The
Chief Minister said Yadav sheltered one of those leaders who were
responsible for the demolition of Babri Masjid.
Mayawati said Yadav had long track record of hobnobbing with communal
forces. She recalled that Yadav had become minister for first time in
1977 in Janata Party supported by communal forces. Then Kalyan Singh
and Yadav were together in the Cabinet. In 1989 Yadav became Chief
Minister with the help of communal forces and it was repeated in
August 2003 when Kalyan Singh's four-MLA party joined the coalition.
His son Rajbir and protégée Kusum Rai became Cabinet Ministers.
She said political compulsions had now forced Yadav to call Kalyan
Singh "wrong elements".
"Such tactic would not erase communal blot on Yadav's shoulders",
Mayawati said and added Yadav should know that "apology and crocodile
tears" had been badly exposed in the eyes of Muslims..
Mayawati said Yadav believed that people's memory was weak and this
was his fallacy, she said UP witnessed large numbers of communal
flare-ups during Yadav regime. She said in order to strengthen BJP,
Yadav played dangerous game of "Hindu-Muslim" divide and finally the
BJP came to power at the centre because of his activities.
Dubbing Yadav's statement as sheer opportunism, Mayawati said he
repeatedly shook hands with communal forces to serve his vested
interest. His new political stunt would not thus benefit the SP, she
quipped.
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