LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday criticised the Congress and the Samajwadi Party for "indulging" in drama and "exploiting" the Dalits and other oppressed sections during their respective regimes.
Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow on the occasion of the death anniversary of BSP founder Kanshi Ram, she alleged that previous SP and Congress governments had a casteist and capitalist mindset which exploited and harassed Dalits, OBCs and the weaker sections of the society.
Sharpening the attack on Congress, Mayawati said: "In the Emergency imposed in 1975, the Congress disobeyed the Constitution of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar and made it ineffective. The Congress did not let Baba Saheb get the Bharat Ratna."