Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati, a day after she said the decision by Muslims to throw their lot behind the Samajwadi Party (SP) resulted in Dalits, upper-caste Hindus and OBCs backing the BJP to keep out the SP’s “jungle raj”, alleged on Saturday that the media worked “on the directions of their bosses and harmed the Ambedkarite BSP movement”.
In a tweet posted in Hindi, Mayawati wrote: “During the general elections for the UP Vidhan Sabha, the media worked following directions of their bosses, and their attitude was casteist and malicious. The media harmed the Ambedkarite BSP movement, and the way it acted is not hidden from anyone. Under these circumstances, party spokespersons will be given new responsibilities.”
1. यूपी विधानसभा आमचुनाव के दौरान मीडिया द्वारा अपने आक़ाओं के दिशा-निर्देशन में जो जातिवादी द्वेषपूर्ण व घृणित रवैया अपनाकर अम्बेडकरवादी बीएसपी मूवमेन्ट को नुकसान पहुंचाने का काम किया गया है वह किसी से भी छिपा नहीं है। इस हालत में पार्टी प्रवक्ताओं को भी नई जिम्मेदारी दी जाएगी।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) March 12, 2022
The BSP, in the recently concluded assembly elections, was decimated by the ruling BJP and opposition SP. In its worst performance in three decades, the Mayawati-led BSP managed to win only one seat and a mere 12.8% of the vote share.
The BSP chief, in another tweet, directed party spokespersons Sudhindra Bhadoria, Dharamveer Chaudhary, Dr M H Khan, Faizan Khan and Seema Kushwaha not to attend debates on TV and other programmes.
A BSP spokesperson told The Sunday Express that Mayawati has asked them to stay away from the media until further directions are by her.
After her party’s rout in UP elections, Mayawati had said on Friday: “To defeat the BJP, Muslims shifted their votes from the tried and tested BSP to the SP. This wrong decision of theirs cost us heavily because the fear spread among BSP supporters, upper-caste Hindus and OBCs that if the SP comes to power, there will be jungle raj once again. So they went to the BJP… This is a harsh lesson for us… that we trusted them… We will keep this experience in mind and change accordingly.”
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