BSP chief Mayawati terms PM Modi's I-Day speech 'very disappointing'

She said that the speech given by the PM from the Red Fort on the 78th Independence Day was quite long, but very disappointing in terms of protecting the rights of crores of Dalits

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Independence day speech and called it 'very disappointing.'

In a post on X in Hindi, Mayawati said, "The PM also forgot to remember the assurance given to the BJP MPs in this regard, whereas the SC-ST sections of the country have a bigger complaint than the Congress about adopting such a casteist attitude, because this party, like the BJP, has maintained silence till now on their sub-classification and division, which is unfair."

She said, "The speech given by the PM from the Red Fort on the 78th Independence Day was quite long, but very disappointing in terms of protecting the rights of crores of Dalits and tribals to reservation etc., whereas this is a very important and burning issue after the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 1 August 2024," posted Mayawati on her official handle on 'X' in Hindi.

 

In another post, she said, "Is it right for the PM to call the constitutional system of the principle of secularism of equal respect for all religions by Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar from the Red Fort tomorrow on 15 August as 'communal'? The government should follow secularism as per the intention of the Constitution, this is true patriotism and Rajdharma.,"

"Not only this but how correct is it that the PM has not been able to kindle any new ray of hope among the 125 crore people affected by the burning national problems of immense poverty, unemployment, inflation and backwardness? When will the 'good days' of the people arrive?" she asked in her post.