http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-10-15/news/30283587_1_dalit-meira-kumar-congress-leaders
Mayawati should not be afraid of Congress naming Dalit PM: Ambedkar
PTI Oct 15, 2011, 03.13pm IST
NAGPUR: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati should not be afraid of
Congress if the party prefers to appoint a Dalit as the Prime Minister
ahead of the UP polls next year, RPI leader Prakash Ambedkar said
today.
Ambedkar, the grandson of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar, sougt to know if
the BSP President will be unhappy if a Dalit is named to the top post
by the Congress, which heads the UPA Government at the Centre.
Ambedkar's statement comes a day after Mayawati said Congress might
make either Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar or Union Minister Sushil
Kumar Shinde the Prime Minister to split the Dalit vote ahead of the
UP Assembly polls in mid-2012.
"She should be happy if a Dalit becomes the Prime Minister. Both
(Congress leaders) Meira Kumar and Shinde are more competent than
Mayawati," Ambedkar told reporters here.
Besides these two, Congress has prominent Dalit faces in Buta Singh
and Union Minister Kumari Selja, he said. Meira Kumar is an ex-Indian
Foreign Service (IFS) officer, while Shinde is a veteran politician
who had been a Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Their political image is better than Mayawati's, Ambedkar claimed. The
former MP ruled out the possibility of mid-term Lok Sabha polls,
saying both major political parties, Congress and BJP, are in
agreement of not facing the elections now. He reiterated his call for
a viable third front consisting of non-Congress and non-BJP parties.
Ambedkar, the grandson of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar, sougt to know if
the BSP President will be unhappy if a Dalit is named to the top post
by the Congress, which heads the UPA Government at the Centre.
Ambedkar's statement comes a day after Mayawati said Congress might
make either Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar or Union Minister Sushil
Kumar Shinde the Prime Minister to split the Dalit vote ahead of the
UP Assembly polls in mid-2012.
"She should be happy if a Dalit becomes the Prime Minister. Both
(Congress leaders) Meira Kumar and Shinde are more competent than
Mayawati," Ambedkar told reporters here.
Besides these two, Congress has prominent Dalit faces in Buta Singh
and Union Minister Kumari Selja, he said. Meira Kumar is an ex-Indian
Foreign Service (IFS) officer, while Shinde is a veteran politician
who had been a Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Their political image is better than Mayawati's, Ambedkar claimed. The
former MP ruled out the possibility of mid-term Lok Sabha polls,
saying both major political parties, Congress and BJP, are in
agreement of not facing the elections now. He reiterated his call for
a viable third front consisting of non-Congress and non-BJP parties.
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