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Mayawati Attacks SP Over PDA Claims and Rajya Sabha Nominations
Mayawati is the leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, or BSP.
She criticized the Samajwadi Party, or SP, for its choice of Rajya Sabha candidates.
The SP says it represents backward, Dalit and minority communities through its PDA idea.
Mayawati said the party’s candidate choices do not match that message.
One nominee, Ram Gopal Yadav, is related to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
The other nominee, Dhanraj Nathwani, works for Reliance Industries.
Mayawati said the BSP instead gives tickets to hardworking people from poorer and middle-class backgrounds.
Her comments were made in a post on X on Friday.
BSP chief Mayawati criticized the Samajwadi Party’s PDA-focused political messaging.
She said the SP seeks votes from backward, Dalit and minority communities but gives tickets to political families and wealthy industrialists.
The SP nominated Ram Gopal Yadav and Reliance Industries executive Dhanraj Nathwani for Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh.
Mayawati described Ram Gopal Yadav as a close relative of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
She contrasted the SP nominations with the BSP’s stated policy of selecting hardworking Ambedkarite workers from weaker economic sections.
- Who
- BSP chief Mayawati criticized the Samajwadi Party and its leadership.
- What
- Mayawati attacked the SP’s Rajya Sabha nominations, saying they contradicted its PDA political message.
- Where
- The nominations were for Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Friday; the article does not provide a specific date.
- Why
- Mayawati said the SP seeks support from backward, Dalit and minority communities but favors political families and wealthy industrialists when selecting candidates.
Key facts
- Critic
- Mayawati, chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party
- Target
- Samajwadi Party
- SP political message
- PDA: Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak
- First nominee
- Ram Gopal Yadav
- Second nominee
- Dhanraj Nathwani, a Reliance Industries executive
- Election
- Biennial Rajya Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh
- BSP stated policy
- Giving tickets to hardworking Ambedkarite workers from poor, middle-class and weaker sections
Quotes
Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister
“The SP has… fielded Shri Ram Gopal Yadav for the biennial Rajya Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh, who is a close relative of the SP chief, and has named Dhanraj Nathwani as its second candidate, who is associated with a prominent industrial house,”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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