Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president Om Prakash Rajbhar alleged that the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress were trying to instill fear of Bharatiya Janata Party among the Muslims.
He said the three parties were particularly targeting the Pasmanda Muslims who belong to Other Backward Classes.
Rajbhar said these parties, when in power, never cared for the Muslims or any other section of society and now they had suddenly developed affection for the Muslims.
He said the SP, the BSP and the Congress were rattled by the prospects of Pasmanda Muslim vote shifting towards the BJP during the election of urban local bodies.
The BJP with its Muslim outreach programme is trying to win the support of the Pasmanda Muslims and other castes among the Muslims like Muslim Jat, Muslim Tyagi and Muslim Rajput.
Rajbhar said SP president Akhilesh Yadav was suddenly gripped by love and affection for the Dalit community. He pointed out that Akhilesh Yadav as chief minister had changed the name of Kanshiram Nagar district as Kasganj.
“If Akhilesh Yadav is so concerned for the welfare and empowerment of the Dalit community then his party should forge alliance with the BSP and project Mayawati as the next prime minister of India,” Rajbhar said and added, “If Akhilesh Yadav is unable to mend fences with Mayawati then he should project some other face from the Dalit community for the office of the prime minister.”
The SBSP president said his party would not enter into alliance with any political party and would go to the urban local bodies polls on its own. He said his party would field candidates in eastern UP district, only in those towns where it had sizeable support base.
