Asserting that both the Central and the Uttar Pradesh governments had no right to celebrate Constitution Day, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati hit out at the Samajwadi Party, asking the people to be cautious of the party as it “tore the bill on reservation of SCs and STs in Parliament”.
"People should be cautious of parties like Samajwadi Party which tore the bill on reservation of SCs and STs in Parliament. They did not allow the passage of the bill. This means, parties like SP can never work for the development of these communities," Mayawati said at a press conference in Lucknow on Friday.
Talking about the reservations for the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe communities in educational institutions and government jobs, the BSP chief said that the Centre and state government had not taken any steps to empower these communities.
"The quotas are yet to be filled in many seats reserved for the SC, ST and Other Backward Classes communities. No steps have been taken to provide reservation to these communities in the private sector. The Centre and state government are not ready to make a law regarding this. Is this how the Centre and states are protecting the Constitution?" the BSP chief sought to know.
"Today, on the occasion of Constitution Day, the Central and state governments should go for a thorough review whether the government is following the Indian Constitution with full honesty and integrity or not. But unfortunately it is well known that the Central and state governments are not following the Constitutional norms at all. Therefore, the Bahujan Samaj Party has decided not to participate in this programme of the Central and state governments on the occasion of Constitution Day," she claimed.
Mayawati alleged that the provision made in the Constitution by Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar for the weaker and neglected sections had been ignored and these classes of people were not getting its full benefit. She also asked the governments to apologise to the backward communities.
Speaking on the first anniversary of farmers' agitation against the three farm laws, Mayawati said that there were other important demands of the farmers which the government should accept at the earliest.
