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'Elephant' giving nightmares to Rahul Gandhi: Mayawati
Agencies Posted: Nov 27, 2011 at 1327 hrs
Lucknow Launching a counter offensive against Rahul Gandhi, UP Chief
Minister Mayawati today alleged that he was indulging in 'theatrics'
as her party's symbol 'elephant' was giving nightmares to the
Congressmen.
"Congress is the weakest party in UP. Therefore, wary of its position,
its leaders specially the 'Yuvraj' instead of attending Parliament,
are indulging into theatrics in the state," the BSP supremo alleged
while kickstarting her party's election campaign at a 'Dalit-OBC
Bhaichara Sammelan' here.
She claimed that the Congress was "afraid of the increasing base" of
the BSP. "I think BSP's poll symbol elephant is surely chasing
Congressmen in their dreams and upset with that, they are talking
absurd things about it."
Gandhi, who has been attacking Mayawati government on the issue of
corruption in the run up to the assembly polls due next year, had
while addressing a public meeting in Siddharthnagar on Friday said
that an 'elephant' in Lucknow was eating away all the money sent by
the Centre for the poor in Uttar Pradesh.
Terming Gandhi's "beggar" remarks as as insult to the people of the
state, the BSP supremo said they have migrated to other states in
search of livelihood as successive Congress governments failed to
ensure development of UP.
Taking a dig at his promise of making UP "number one" state in five
years, Mayawati said it was mere a "political gimmick". She said, "How
will he make UP number one in five years when his party failed to do
so in 40 years of its rule."
Dismissing allegations of discrepancies in implementation of MNREGS,
Mayawati said Congress was raising the issue only for "cheap publicity
and political gains" while claiming that strict action had been
initiated against those indulging in irregularities.
The Chief Minister also said she would snap ties with her family
members if any of them dreamt of becoming an MP or MLA.
"My mother, father, brother, sister and other relatives are my
relatives till the time they are part of BSP family. The day any of
them dreams of becoming an MP or MLA, I will end my relationship,"
Mayawati said.
Opposing FDI in retail, the BSP supremo alleged that the step had been
taken to "please" Gandhi and warned that it would make Uttar Pradesh a
bankrupt state.
"As Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi is ill...the party has made internal
decision to make Rahul acting party chief and Prime Minister in
future. To please the 'yuvraj', FDI in retail has been allowed to
benefit his foreign friends," she said.
"If this is allowed, UP will become 'Kangal (bankrupt) Pradesh' in the
next five years as local traders will be forced to shut shop,"
Mayawati said.
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