Mayawati tells her cadre to be wary of Congress' dalit PM idea

LUCKNOW: Mayawati has asked her supporters to be wary of a Congress move to field a Dalit Prime Ministerial candidate. She said this at a rally at Lucknow on Wednesday, on her birthday.

She slammed the UPA government and Congress in particular for the rising prices and attacked the party for making “false claims”. She claimed that a Dalit Prime Ministerial candidate will be another false promise.

“Congress will now again make false promises before the Lok Sabha polls. But you must not believe them. If it had only fulfilled just half of the promises, the country would have improved dramatically. The party may also declare a Dalit as its Prime Ministerial candidate.

Some others may declare a Dalit as their CM candidate, but you should be wary of such announcements. Such a candidate will only be a slave to the party head and his godfathers. He would not be able to work to uplift the Dalits, and will only serve his own and his masters interests” she said.

While firmly ruling out an alliance with either the Congress, BJP or any other party, Mayawati asked her supporters to vote en masse for the party so that it is in a position to emerge as the crucial player that offers balance of power after polls.

“If we can balance power, communal forces will not gain in the country” she said pitching herself as the sole party which can counter the BJP in the state.

Mayawati also attacked the Akhilesh government for its failure to control law and order as well as series of communal riots in the state and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for making tall claims about the Gujarat model of governance which were far removed from reality.