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The Congress's "anti-Dalit ideology" necessitated the enactment of BSP, and the nationalist enactment ne'er accorded owed respect to Dalit icon B R Ambedkar, BSP main Mayawati alleged connected Saturday (March 14, 2026), questioning Congress's connection that Kanshi Ram volition beryllium conferred the Bharat Ratna if it comes to powerfulness astatine the Centre.
In a station successful Hindi connected X, Ms. Mayawati urged enactment workers to stay vigilant against what she claimed were attempts by different governmental parties, particularly the Congress, to usage Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) laminitis Kanshi Ram's sanction and weaken the BSP.
"The Congress ne'er gave owed honour to Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar -- the messiah of Dalits and the main designer of the Constitution -- nor did they ever confer upon him the rubric of Bharat Ratna... How tin the aforesaid enactment present honour Kanshi Ram," she said successful her post.
Her remarks came a time aft a connection was passed astatine a 'Samvidhan Sammelan' organised by the Congress successful Lucknow, stating that the enactment would confer the Bharat Ratna connected Kanshi Ram if voted to power.
Kanshi Ram's commencement day volition beryllium observed connected Sunday.
"This Congress party, portion successful powerfulness astatine the Centre, failed to state adjacent a azygous time of nationalist mourning upon the passing of Kanshi Ram.
"Similarly, the then-ruling Samajwadi Party authorities successful Uttar Pradesh besides did not denote authorities mourning," Mayawati said.
She claimed that respective organisations and governmental parties claiming to correspond the Dalit assemblage — often acting arsenic pawns successful the hands of bigger governmental parties — are perpetually engaged successful utilizing Kanshi Ram's sanction for governmental gains portion trying to weaken the BSP.
"Currently, each these parties are employing assorted tactics to undermine and weaken the BSP. Therefore, his (Kanshi Ram) followers and supporters indispensable stay alert, particularly against the Congress, whose anti-Dalit ideology and mindset made it indispensable to signifier the BSP," she said.
The BSP supremo besides appealed to enactment workers to guarantee the occurrence of programmes organised crossed the country, peculiarly Uttar Pradesh, connected March 15 to people Kanshi Ram's commencement anniversary.
Congress person Rahul Gandhi had connected Friday said that if Jawaharlal Nehru had been alive, Kanshi Ram would person been made a main curate from the Congress.
Nehru, India's archetypal premier minister, died successful 1964, portion Kanshi Ram emerged connected the governmental country with the enactment of backwards-championing BAMCEF successful 1978, and aboriginal bolstered his presumption with the enactment of the BSP successful 1984.
Speaking astatine the Samvidhan Sammelan, the Congress person asserted that Mahatma Gandhi, Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram ne'er compromised connected their principles.
"The way connected which we were moving, we should person moved astatine a faster pace. There person been shortcomings connected the portion of the Congress party," the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha said.
He said that had the Congress done its job, Kanshi Ram "would not person been successful".
He added, "If Jawaharlal Nehru were alive, past Kanshi Ram would person been a main curate from the Congress." Later, Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi said that aft Gandhi's speech, a connection was passed that the Congress would honour Kanshi Ram with the Bharat Ratna if voted to power.
In a connection connected Saturday, Mayawati said, "It has go a caller opportunistic manner among rival parties, peculiarly the Congress and the SP, to invoke Kanshi Ram ii solely for constrictive governmental ends and electoral self-interest." The BSP main said that from the clip of the country's independency to the contiguous day, the 'Bahujan Samaj' has repeatedly tested parties specified arsenic the Congress, BJP and SP, but has met with "bitter disappointment, due to the fact that these parties person been changing their colours conscionable similar a chameleon".
Issuing a connection of caution to BSP supporters, she said, "Listen to everyone, but nether nary circumstances let your unity and the powerfulness of your votes to autumn into the hands of these traders of votes. This unsocial constitutes a existent tribute to the lifelong struggles of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram ii."
