A war of words broke out between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the BJP on Tuesday over the laying of the foundation of the Ambedkar Cultural Centre.
BSP chief Mayawati called the move a pre-poll act of “hoax” and “cheat” by the ruling BJP to serve its electoral interest. The “President would have inaugurated the center and not laid the foundation stone” if it had not been a “hoax”, “cheat” and “drama” before the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, she said.
Responding to Mayawati’s allegation, Uttar Pradesh Labor Minister Swami Prasad Maurya told reporters that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo should be happy that the foundation of the Ambedkar Cultural Center was laid by the efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Questioning the timing of the event, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief OP Rajbhar said, “When the assembly elections are barely six months away, you are laying the foundation stone of Ambedkar Cultural Centre, installing statues of Suheldev. Huh. Responding to the BSP chief’s allegations, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said, “Till now, Panchtirth – five places associated with Babasaheb Ambedkar were discussed. Lucknow. There is going to be a sixth ‘teerth’ for Babasaheb and it was welcomed. Should have gone. Mayawati should stop wearing political lenses.” The BSP supremo tried to undermine the Adityanath government’s move, saying this regime was no different from the previous regime by Akhilesh Yadav and the Congress that denied rights to Dalits and backward classes.
He made these allegations in a series of tweets soon after President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of the memorial, which will be named after Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar, who came to the state capital on a sprawling plot of about 5,500 square meters. Going to do. . It will also have a 25 feet tall statue of Ambedkar. The cost of the project is estimated to be more than Rs 45 crore.
“Laying the foundation of a cultural center in the name of Babasaheb, when the assembly elections are near – what is this if not a drama, after crores of followers of Babasaheb have been in power for almost the entire period?” Mayawati asked. In another tweet, she said , ‘BSP is not against setting up any center in the name of His Holiness Babasaheb, but doing all this now for the sake of electoral interest is a gross fraud.’ “If the Uttar Pradesh government had done this work earlier, the President would have been inaugurating the center and not laying the foundation stone,” the former chief minister said.
He did not even spare the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) or Congress governments. Mayawati said, “No one is less than anyone in resorting to such deceit and drama – be it the BJP government or the SP or the Congress.”
“In crushing the rights of Dalits and Backward and heaping injustice and atrocities on them, they are all equal – this is known to all and very unfortunate. As a result, lakhs reserved for Dalits and backward class people,” he said. Government posts are lying vacant.”
Mayawati also said that “world-class grand buildings and parks built by the BSP government in the name of its saints, gurus and great men in Uttar Pradesh have been grossly neglected since the previous SP government assumed power and the situation under the BJP.” continues. Government”. This trend is admirable, he said sarcastically.
Swami Prasad Maurya said, “Mayawati is the National President of Bahujan Samaj Party, which was formed under the mission of Dr. BR Ambedkar. She should be happy that the efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today laid the foundation of Ambedkar Cultural Center. Gone.” “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has honored Babasaheb by developing five memorials at places associated with him as pilgrimage sites. These five places include Ambedkar’s birthplace in Mhow, Diksha Bhoomi in Nagpur, Parinirvana Sthal in Delhi, Chaitanya Bhoomi in Mumbai and London. Ambedkar Memorial Home.
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