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Mulayam accuses Maya of framing Amar Singh

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Press Trust of India Lucknow

"The way in which raids were conducted at the Kolkata residence of Singh yesterday night to trace the 'rath' (a luxury bus that ferried Singh and Amitabh Bachchan's family to Barabanki in January) by senior officers of the state will not be tolerated by the party," Yadav told reporters here.

"Police officers have been asked by Mayawati government to frame me, Amitabh Bachchan and Amar Singh," Yadav claimed while releasing a CD containing a statement of police inspector A K Dwivedi.

 

In the CD, Dwivedi alleged that he was given orders by the senior police officers including the DGP and Mayawati herself to frame Amar Singh.

"Mayawati has crossed all the limits and party will not remain silent now. We know what Mayawati is doing and how she is minting money and investing money in her company. I, Amar and other party leaders are ready to go to jail....Let her send us to jail," Yadav said.

"We have 'pulinda' (a lot of documents) against Mayawati, which we will hand over to the President and the state Governor to expose her," Yadav claimed.

Mayawati has acquired all the "evils of an autocratic ruler", he alleged.

"I dont have any land in Delhi, Lucknow or Noida and I stay with Akhilesh (son) or Dharmendra (nephew) during my visits to these places as I cannot stay in hotels. Despite this I am termed as a 'hotelbaz' by Mayawati. Let her say so...But we will not remain silent now," Yadav said adding that "ab hum bachav nahi phasav karenge (instead of defence, we will launch an offensive against her)."

He alleged that Mayawati became chief minister of the state only due to "blessings of Delhi". Yadav termed Maywati as "ahsanfaramosh" (ungrateful) for making statements against the Congress, which, he claimed, made her the CM.

Yadav alleged that large number of explosives were recovered from Orai during his regime and two persons, now ministers in the Mayawati government, were "part of the plan involved to eliminate me, Akhilesh, Shivpal (brother) and Amar Singh". The bid was, however, foiled, he claimed.

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First Published: May 13 2008 | 4:27 PM IST

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