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Ambedkar opposes Mayawati's statement on Cong's dalit PM card
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
Nagpur, October 15, 2011
Former Lok Sabha member and RPI leader, Prakash Ambedkar on Saturday
took a strong exception to UP chief minister Mayawati's statement that
the nation should not be surprised if the Congress appoints a Dalit
prime minister in place of Manmohan Singh ahead of Uttar Pradesh
elections to garner
dalit votes.
Ambedkar, the grandson of Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar, questioned
why Mayawati felt apprehensive if the Congress appoints Lok Sabha
speaker Meira Kumar or union energy minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as
prime minister to garner dalit sympathy and votes.
At the opening of the Rs 685-crore Dalit Prerna Sthal on Friday,
Mayawati used the opportunity to kickstart her state elections
campaign, slated for 2012.
She speculated that the Congress wanted to dent the BSP's strong Dalit
vote bank and for this, it could name a Dalit leader for the PM's
post. She went on the claim that the Congress can stage the 'drama' of
appointing either Shinde or Kumar as prime minister for some time to
lure the Dalits.
Ambedkar said Mayawati should be happy if a Dalit becomes the Prime
Minister. Both Shinde and Kumar are competent, Ambedkar added. Besides
these two leaders, he said, the Congress has veteran leader like Buta
Singh and Kumari Selja.
Mayawati also termed the Congress as "anti-Dalit" and to substantiate
her claim she said that the Congress never allowed Babu Jagjivan Ram -
Meira Kumar's father - who dedicated his life to the Congress -- to
become the Prime Minister.
To a question, Ambedkar reiterated his call for a non-Congress non-BJP
third front, including the Left parties to oust the ruling UPA and the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by BJP - as the main opposition
alliance.
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