BSP chief Mayawati plays the upper caste card

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday distanced herself from the comments made by her party general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya against the people of the upper caste and said the comments made by Maurya were his own and should not be taken as party's stand.

Maurya had on Sunday said that dalits should refrain from worshipping lord Ganesha in marriage ceremonies as it was a 'Manuwadi' practice in which only animals were worshipped while dalits were looked down upon. The BSP general secretary had even gone on to say that dalits were essentially rulers but Brahmins made them slaves by cheating them and resorting to divide and rule.

Mayawati's stance to alienate herself from Maurya comments is in sharp departure of her earlier stand during a recent party meeting in which she had spewed venom on the upper caste saying that they tried to malign the image of Ambedkar and managed to convert a section of dalits into upper caste to deprive them of the benefits of reservations.

Party sources said that the BSP chief has been categorically worried about her call to dalits falling flat. This became evident once again during the recent UP by polls where in dalits shied away from her call and did not voted for the BSP supported independent candidates.

Her fresh stance also gains much political importance in the wake of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) making inroads into her dalit vote bank by positioning them as Hindus first. Political pundits point out that by supporting the Hindu rituals, Mayawati aims to win back the dalits who have moved into the saffron camp.

Mayawati said that her party stood for 'Sarvajan Hitay' formula where in people of all classes were allowed to perform rituals as per their wishes. Mayawati said that her party had secular credentials as per the Indian constitution framed by Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

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