Dayashankar Singh expresses regret over his remarks against Mayawati

NEW DELHI: Expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh on Saturday expressed regret over his derogatory comments against Bahujan Samaj Party Chief (BSP) chief Mayawati but accuses her of selling tickets. "Whatever I said was undisputedly wrong. I shouldn't have done that at all," Singh said in an interview to the Times of India. "BSP chief has a style that whosoever bids maximum money for a ticket, she gives it to that person," he said. Singh also said that he had apologised immediately and doing the same again. A case was registered at the Hazratganj police station by Mewa Lal Gautam who said the now-sacked BJP state Vice-President's statement had violated the honour of a Dalit woman and tried to foment trouble and tension between two communities. He had said that "Mayawati is breaking the dream of Kanshi Ram into pieces. Mayawati is selling tickets like a... The family of expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh also lodged an FIR against Mayawati and some other BSP leaders for allegedly using foul language against them during their public protest here. Tetra Devi, he mother of Dayashankar, met the Hazratganj Police and submitted the complaint that she, her daughter, daughter-in-law and grand daughter were abused by BSP men who allegedly raised derogatory slogans during the protest. "There was an attempt to instigate violence and riot during the protest by highlighting differences on caste lines", she alleged in the complaint, adding that slogans at the protest amounted to outraging the modesty of a woman. She said after the sloganeering during the protest, Singh's 12-year-old daughter was in shock. She also alleged that there appears to be a conspiracy to eliminate her son. Singh's family demanded that the BSP leaders be booked under more stringent provisions as they had allegedly abused a minor with their choice of words. Singh's wife Swati Singh had earlier said, "My husband is in politics, but we have no political connection but BSP workers have abused all women of the family in a public protest. Swati had alleged that her family was being dragged into the controversy unnecessarily