'Expand Party Base, Strengthen Finance': Mayawati Urges Party Workers, Attacks Amit Shah

Mayawati shared with BSP workers Kanshi Ram's advice to avoid dependence on external financial support so that the party can focus on the welfare of marginalised communities without compromise.

File photo of BSP chief Mayawati.

Source : PTI

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday urged the party workers to expand the party's base and strengthen its finances. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister issued the order in the meeting with party officials in Lucknow. 

"Unlike Congress, BJP, and other opposition parties, we do not accept financial help from big industrialists or wealthy benefactors to fund our party activities," she said.

Mayawati shared with BSP workers Kanshi Ram's advice to avoid dependence on external financial support so that the party can focus on the welfare of marginalised communities without compromise. 

She also hit out at the Yogi Adityanath-led state government, accusing it of targeting the poor and disadvantaged through excessive crackdowns. 

"Reports from our party workers in districts reveal that poor, helpless, and hardworking individuals are being indiscriminately arrested and jailed, giving the impression of a police state," she said. 

Mayawati Hits Out At Amit Shah

Mayawati also reiterated her party's demand that Amit Shah retract his remarks allegedly made against BR Ambedkar. 

She labelled the interest of Congress, Samajwadi Party, and BJP in Dalits as an insincere election gimmick and accused the parties of maintaining a discriminatory and communal attitude toward Dalits, tribals, the backward classes, and religious minorities, particularly Muslims. 

"These parties exemplify the proverb 'Muh me Ram bagal me chhuri'," she asserted. She cited data indicating a decline in school enrolments, with 1.22 crore fewer children being admitted between 2018-19 and 2023-24, to slam the BJP.

Mayawati's Birthday Message

Mayawati on Wednesday gave a message to the party members on the occassion of her birthday. During the address to party workers, the BSP chief said that Samajwadi Party (SP), Congress, and BJP are working to break the Dalit votebank and warned party members to stay cautious of them. She alleged these parties for being casteist and accused them of making the reservation policy ineffective.

She hit out at the regional parties in UP saying that the intentions and policies of other parties are not clear. BSP’s National Coordinator Akash Anand was also present during the press briefing.

The BSP chief said that the welfare schemes initiated during her government for the poor and Dalits in UP were later implemented by several other states.