Lucknow Dec 23 PTI Bahujan Samaj Party BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the opposition parties of painting a communal colour to the upcoming elections and stressed on the necessity to warn people against such designs She also urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the alleged illegal land deals near the upcoming Ram Temple in Ayodhya The opposition parties including the BJP Samajwadi Party and others are busy painting a Hindu-Muslim colour to the elections to hide their shortcomings The BSP people will have to go to every village and every house to warn the people This task must begin now Mayawati who has convened a meeting of in-charges of all the 18 divisions and all 75 district presidents to review poll preparations told reporters Taking a dig at the BJPs claims of winning more than 300 seats the former chief minister asked why in that case were the saffron partys senior leaders ministers and the chief minister going all out making announcements laying foundation stones and launching half-baked projects in the state just before the electionsMayawati said the SP too had been following a similar pattern and that the public was smart enough to realise thisTo a question on newspaper reports about relatives of BJP leaders and government officials allegedly purchasing land illegally near the Ram Temple project in Ayodhya the BSP supremo said the Supreme Court needs to take note and order a high-level inquiry into it It is a very serious matter My party would want the Supreme Court to take notice and if the allegations are true the state government needs to get the deals cancelled she said The Uttar Pradesh government has on Wednesday ordered a probe by the revenue department into the case On the passage of the bill to link Aadhaar with the voter ID in Parliament Mayawati said it was the Centres responsibility to conduct an open debate in both Houses prior to passing it Our party does not agree to this she said Mayawati said the people had seen all prominent parties in power in the state and expressed confidence that they will choose the BSP in the upcoming elections as her party had delivered the best at all levels of administration PTI SAB CJ CJ

Varanasi Oct 23 PTI Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai was on Saturday booked under the Gangster Act according to police Police said Rai has several criminal cases registered against himself The case has been registered at the Lanka police station Police Commissioner A Satish Ganesh said soon properties acquired by him from criminal activities will be confiscated PTI COR RDK

Lucknow Aug 31 PTI Bahujan Samaj Party BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday instructed her party workers to extend support to the farmers protests in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh against the new agriculture lawsAddressing a meeting of the partys office bearers the BSP chief said that due to the rigid stand of the Centre the governments in BJP-ruled states are in a way considering the farmers their opponentThe attitude of the Haryana government in particular has been extremely anti-farmer she saidOwing to these anti-farmer and anti-people policies of the BJP the condition of the public in Uttar Pradesh and in the rest of the country is bad Mayawati addedThe BSP will always stand with the genuine demands of the protesting farmers and the party has been raising its voice for them both inside and outside Parliament she saidBSP workers will extend their support to the farmers with strict discipline Mayawati addedAgitated farmers have declared that they would intensify their stir in UP and hence the BJP government in the state is requested to not behave in a barbaric manner the BSP supremo saidShe said the Centre must withdraw the farm laws adopting a sympathetic view in honour of farmers and in the interest of the countryMayawati reviewed the working of the partys polling booth committees and issued instructions to finish the rest of the work on war footing PTI SLMNAV IJT