Mayawati Accuses Rahul Gandhi and Congress of Misleading on Reservation Issues

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati criticized Congress and its leader, Rahul Gandhi, for making misleading statements regarding reservations. She accused the Congress party of failing to pass SC/ST reservation bills and working against the interests of neglected communities when in power. She advised the public to be cautious of Congress's intentions.

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati alleged on Wednesday that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was making misleading statements about reservation, and said his party did not let the Bill on SC/ST reservation in promotions pass during its 10-year rule at the Centre.

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati claimed that when not in power, the Congress talks about the 'neglected' classes of SC, ST, and OBC but works 'against' their interests when in power.

'Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's clarification that he is not against reservation is clearly a misleading and false statement. During the 10 years of his active participation in the government before the BJP came to power at the Centre, he, along with the SP (Samajwadi Party), did not let the Bill for SC/ST reservation in promotions pass,' Mayawati posted in Hindi on X.

'Their claim of increasing the reservation limit in the country from 50 percent is also a hoax because if their intentions were clear, this work would have definitely been done during the previous Congress governments,' she added.

Mayawati criticized the Congress for not properly implementing OBC and SC/ST reservations.

'It is clear from this that when the Congress is not in power, it talks big about the welfare and interests of these neglected SC/ST/OBC for the sake of their votes, but when it is in power, it continuously works against their interests. People should be cautious of this conspiracy,' she said.

Mayawati's BSP is officially neither part of the BJP-led NDA nor the Opposition INDIA bloc, whose key participants include the Congress and the SP.

(With inputs from agencies.)