Her remarks come because the BSP and Indian Nationwide Lok Dal (INLD) alliance seeks to place itself as a pro-Dalit different within the state.
In a sequence of posts on X, Mayawati accused the Congress and different events of exploiting Dalit leaders throughout crises, solely to sideline them later.
“The Congress and different casteist events solely keep in mind Dalits throughout their dangerous days and briefly appoint them to key positions,” she mentioned. Mayawati pointed to the present political state of affairs in Haryana for example of this marginalisation.
“However of their good days, these events principally sideline Dalits and exchange them with casteist people, as is presently being witnessed in Haryana,” she added.
She known as on Dalit leaders to take inspiration from Ambedkar and detach themselves from these events, stressing that they need to work to distance their communities from political teams that don’t prioritise Dalit pursuits.
“These humiliated Dalit leaders must be impressed by their messiah, Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, and detach themselves from these events. They need to additionally work to maintain their communities away from these events,” BSP chief added in her tweets.
Drawing a parallel with Ambedkar’s resignation, Mayawati additionally recalled her personal resignation from the Rajya Sabha in 2017 over the violence in opposition to Dalits in Saharanpur.
“Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar resigned from the publish of Union regulation minister for the sake of self-respect and dignity of the weaker sections. Impressed by him, I additionally resigned from the Rajya Sabha after I wasn’t allowed to talk on the atrocities in opposition to Dalits in Saharanpur. Therefore, I counsel Dalits to observe in his footsteps,” she mentioned.
Mayawati additionally focused the grand previous celebration for being “traditionally opposed” to reservations for Dalits and backward communities. She accused Rahul Gandhi of expressing anti-reservation views overseas, warning folks to be cautious of “anti-Structure, anti-reservation, and anti-SC, ST, OBC events.”
