A major ‘crack’ seemed to have erupted in Opposition’s attempt to form an alliance against government ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections as BSP coordinator on Tuesday pressed for Mayawati’s name as Prime Ministerial candidate, disdaining Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s name.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday projected its president Mayawati as the prime ministerial candidate for next year’s general election, and said that Congress president Rahul Gandhi could not aspire to the post due to “his mother’s foreign origin”.
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Addressing the first workers’ conference to discuss the party’s strategy for the Lok Sabha election, BSP national co-ordinators Vir Singh and Jai Prakash Singh said it was “high time that Mayawati became the prime minister of the country”, and that she was the only one who could take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“After playing a pivotal role in making HD Kumaraswamy the chief minister of Karnataka, Mayawati has emerged as a powerful politician. She is the only ‘dabang’ (fearless) leader who can stop the winning chariot of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in the electoral battle,” Jai Prakash Singh said.
Congress representatives refused to react to the comment.
BSP chief Mayawati said Singh made the remarks in his personal capacity and it doesn’t reflect the party’s view.
“I came to know about BSP national coordinator Jai Prakash Singh’s speech in which he spoke against ideology of BSP and also made personal remarks against leadership of rival parties. As it is his personal opinion, he has been removed from his post with immediate effect,” she was quoted as saying by news agency ANI
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