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Daulat ki beti and `murti devi’ is UPA’s darling now
On March 15, when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was presented a garland of cash worth Rs 21 lakh (according to the Congress) to mark the 25th anniversary of the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Congress slammed her. AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, who is incharge of UP, had described Mayawati thus: She is no longer `Dalit ki beti’ (daughter of dalits) but daulat ki beti (daughter of wealth).
On March 15, when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was presented a garland of cash worth Rs 21 lakh (according to the Congress) to mark the 25th anniversary of the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Congress slammed her. AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, who is incharge of UP, had described Mayawati thus: She is no longer `Dalit ki beti’ (daughter of dalits) but daulat ki beti (daughter of wealth).
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garland of cash worth Rs 21 lakh
garland of cash worth Rs 21 lakh
Singh had alleged that the BSP was extracting money through illegal means in the name of party fund. Questioning the source of such huge sums of money to create the garland, Singh had demanded that a "thorough probe" is required into all the aspect of the matter.
Then, on April 14, on Ambedkar jayanti, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had directly accused the Mayawati government of misusing central government funds. The money given by Delhi for the poor in Uttar Pradesh stops at Lucknow and does not reach the needy, he had said.
Eight days later, on April 22, Congress party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi had dubbed Mayawati as as "Murtidevi" (Goddess of statues) for her "outrageous reaction" on the non-availability of funds with the state government to implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act and that the Centre should provide the money.
He had said that BSP government had money to spend on statues and memorials but not for funding the education of children. "It reflects the thinking of Mayawati which is non-development, anti-people and anti-children," the spokesman had said, adding "it was a negative mindset".
But today, daulat ki beti and Murtidevi is a `friend' of the Congress. It was Murtidevi who bailed out the UPA government over the cut motion moved by the Opposition over the hike on fuel prices.
How did the Congress suddenly start worshipping Murtidevi?
Though the official line of the Congress is that there was no deal, sources point out that there was indeed a deal. Without a deal, Mayawati would never move an inch, let alone make a U-turn.
Mayawati's change of heart came just days after the CBI also had a change of heart. The investigating agency had told the Supreme Court that it was ready to reconsider the UP CM's plea to close the investigation into her disproportionate assets case. In August, another crucial case against Mayawati is to come up - on her role in the misuse of DA.
Mayawati too demanded her pound of flesh. Her main demand was that the Congress should ask Rahul Gandhi to tone down his rhetoric against the UP government. Also worrying Maya is the 10 yatras that Rahul Gandhi had flagged off on April 14. The rath yatras that the Congress launched from Ambedkarnagar constitute the most ambitious exercise the party has ever undertaken to capture UP's political mindspace.
The 10 yatras will be spread out over 103 days, and each will last 90 days. Between them, they will reach every one of the state's 403 Assembly constituencies.
Probably it is now time for the raths to apply the breaks.
Though some in the Congress did expect the BSP to abstain from voting and thus bail out the UPA government over the cut motion issue, the sudden announcement of support by Mayawati herself in Lucknow caught many off guard. The BSP leader announced in Lucknow that she would not just abstain but she would "vote" with the government as she's worried about "communal forces."
Many see it as Mayawati's way of getting back the crucial Muslim vote bank, now split between Mulayam Singh's SP and the Congress. Mayawati had been CM thrice with BJP support. Mayawati has also campaigned for Narendra Modi in Gujarat. With elections coming up in 2012, Maya is probably doing some recalibration and a course correction.
Some in the Congress feel that Maya may also be sending out a signal on a possible tie-up so that the dalit and Muslim votes do not get split.
dirty politicians eek hi thali keh chate bathe ahh
Then, on April 14, on Ambedkar jayanti, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had directly accused the Mayawati government of misusing central government funds. The money given by Delhi for the poor in Uttar Pradesh stops at Lucknow and does not reach the needy, he had said.
Eight days later, on April 22, Congress party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi had dubbed Mayawati as as "Murtidevi" (Goddess of statues) for her "outrageous reaction" on the non-availability of funds with the state government to implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act and that the Centre should provide the money.
He had said that BSP government had money to spend on statues and memorials but not for funding the education of children. "It reflects the thinking of Mayawati which is non-development, anti-people and anti-children," the spokesman had said, adding "it was a negative mindset".
But today, daulat ki beti and Murtidevi is a `friend' of the Congress. It was Murtidevi who bailed out the UPA government over the cut motion moved by the Opposition over the hike on fuel prices.
How did the Congress suddenly start worshipping Murtidevi?
Though the official line of the Congress is that there was no deal, sources point out that there was indeed a deal. Without a deal, Mayawati would never move an inch, let alone make a U-turn.
Mayawati's change of heart came just days after the CBI also had a change of heart. The investigating agency had told the Supreme Court that it was ready to reconsider the UP CM's plea to close the investigation into her disproportionate assets case. In August, another crucial case against Mayawati is to come up - on her role in the misuse of DA.
Mayawati too demanded her pound of flesh. Her main demand was that the Congress should ask Rahul Gandhi to tone down his rhetoric against the UP government. Also worrying Maya is the 10 yatras that Rahul Gandhi had flagged off on April 14. The rath yatras that the Congress launched from Ambedkarnagar constitute the most ambitious exercise the party has ever undertaken to capture UP's political mindspace.
The 10 yatras will be spread out over 103 days, and each will last 90 days. Between them, they will reach every one of the state's 403 Assembly constituencies.
Probably it is now time for the raths to apply the breaks.
Though some in the Congress did expect the BSP to abstain from voting and thus bail out the UPA government over the cut motion issue, the sudden announcement of support by Mayawati herself in Lucknow caught many off guard. The BSP leader announced in Lucknow that she would not just abstain but she would "vote" with the government as she's worried about "communal forces."
Many see it as Mayawati's way of getting back the crucial Muslim vote bank, now split between Mulayam Singh's SP and the Congress. Mayawati had been CM thrice with BJP support. Mayawati has also campaigned for Narendra Modi in Gujarat. With elections coming up in 2012, Maya is probably doing some recalibration and a course correction.
Some in the Congress feel that Maya may also be sending out a signal on a possible tie-up so that the dalit and Muslim votes do not get split.
dirty politicians eek hi thali keh chate bathe ahh
