Lucknow Mar 31 PTI BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday asked the central government to reduce fuel prices saying the hike is directly affecting the poor and the middle classPetrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to Rs 640 per litrePetrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 10181 per litre as against Rs 10101 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 9227 per litre to Rs 9307 according to a price notification of state fuel retailersThe prices of petrol and diesel have gone up across the country after the recent assembly elections in five states This is directly affecting the poor and the middle class The central government must take necessary measures to reduce the fuel prices she tweeted PTI CDN TDS TDS

Lucknow Mar 29 PTI BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday claimed the Muslims made a huge mistake by voting for the Samajwadi Party which she accused of being complicit with the BJP in giving communal colour to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly pollsThe BSP has won just one seat in the recently-concluded election for the 403-member AssemblyIn a tweet in Hindi on Tuesday the BSP supremo said The internal complicity of the SP and BJP in Uttar Pradesh is widely known They created an atmosphere of fear by making the assembly elections a Hindu-Muslim affair which especially misled the Muslim society and it made a huge mistake of voting unilaterally for the SP This has to be rectified to defeat the BJP here Soon after the results Mayawati had claimed the fear of jungle raj returning in the state if the Samajwadi Party emerged victorious made BSP supporters shift to the BJPShe had also alleged the medias aggressive propaganda portraying the BSP as the B team of the BJP drove Muslims and anti-BJP voters from itThis decision by the Muslims harmed the BSP The partys supporters among the upper castes backwards and other communities were fearful of jungle raj returning to Uttar Pradesh if the SP comes to power That is why these communities voted for the BJP the BSP chief had said PTI SAB NSD

Lucknow Feb 25 PTI BSP president Mayawati on Friday said it is a good sign that issues like inflation unemployment and law and order are now dominating the election scene and rival parties now find the going toughOn the last day of campaigning for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls the BSP chief said her party is contesting the elections on the issues concerning the common people and to bring good days of her government back and provide relief to themBecause burning issues like rising inflation unemployment hateful politics poor law and order compulsion to migrate due to lack of employment and stray cattle menace etc are dominating the hearts and minds of people rival parties are not finding the going easy Good signal she said in the tweet in HindiaIn another related tweet she said BSP is fighting the elections on these very issues of public interest and welfare so that working with right intention and policy like 2007 to 2012 good days can be brought back by making proper arrangements for law and order and employment on which people have trust Mayawati had led the BSP government of the state between 2007 to 2012 The fifth phase of polling on 61 seats is slated for Sunday PTI SAB TDS TDS

Lucknow Jan 28 PTI BSP president Mayawati on Friday accused the BJP and Samajwadi Party of colluding to give a communal and casteist colour to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly electionsIn a tweet the BSP supremo also cautioned the people against their designsThe way religion and caste politics dominate in the UP assembly elections and the media is also full of such news it seem that all this is happening as SP and BJP are colluding to give the elections colour of hatred on Hindu-Muslim and casteist lines People need to remain alert the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said Polls in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases beginning February 10 PTI SAB DV DV

Lucknow Jan 25 PTI BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday attacked her rivals saying they have pushed Uttar Pradesh into jungle raj by criminalising politics politicising crime and protecting the mafiaIn a tweet in Hindi the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP chief said that governments of all parties except that of the BSP are guilty of troubling the publicMayawati also accused her political rivals of keeping the state backward but continuing with their jumlas tall claimsGovernments of all parties except BSP are guilty of troubling the public by criminalising politics and politicising crime playing with the law and protecting their partys goons and mafia and pushing Uttar Pradesh into jungle raj by keeping it poor and backward But their jumlas continue she said PTI SAB ANB ANB

Lucknow Sep 28 PTI BSP president Mayawati expressed serious concern on Tuesday over the recovery of the body of a four-year-old Dalit girl from a paddy field in Uttar Pradeshs Aligarh and demanded justice for the family after a proper inquiryThe girls body was recovered from a paddy field on Monday afternoon According to the victims family members and other villagers she had gone missing since Sunday eveningThe villagers have also alleged that the girl was sexually assaulted before being killedIn Aligarh district the body of a Dalit innocent girl was found lying in a paddy field The family has expressed suspicion of murder after rape This incident is very serious and sad The government must give justice to the victims family by getting the matter investigated properly this is the demand of the BSP Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi PTI SAB RC

Lucknow Sep 23 PTI BSP president Mayawati on Thursday alleged the BJP has returned to its narrow communal agenda ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with its tall claims on development getting exposed The BJP has returned to its narrow agenda before the upcoming UP assembly elections with its tall claims on development being proved to be hollow Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi Now the party has returned to playing with religious sentiments and Hindu-Muslim division etc but people will not be deceived again which is clear from their mood she said The former chief minister said the latest Reserve Bank data showing stagnant per capita income in UP and people remaining poor and backward also proves that the BJPs claims of development are mere hot air She asked why the situation was such despite a double engine government The BJP has claimed that its double engine -- the party-led governments at the Centre as well as in the state -- has ushered in development in the state PTI SAB VN SMN