Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati addresses the media at Parliament in New Delhi on April 22, 2013. Parliament is likely to witness major disruptions, with the opposition preparing to take on the Manmohan Singh government on coalgate and the draft JPC report on the 2G spectrum scam, as the House opens for the second half of the budget session.
New Delhi:BSP chief Mayawati today attackedthe Centre for delay in clearing the anti-rape bill due tointernal differences in the Cabinet, saying it showed theCentre's intentions on the issue were not clear.
If this bill is not cleared in this session, you allknow that the ordinance will lapse. This makes it clear thatCentral government's intentions on providing security to womenare not clear, she told reporters outside Parliament here.
Former Chief Minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Leader Mayawati (C) walks to her vehicle outside Parliament in New Delhi on March 5, 2013. Both houses of Parliament were adjourned till noon after opposition parties raised various issues including the killing of a police officer in Uttar Pradesh. As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members started raising the issue of killing of Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq by a mob on March 2.
New Delhi: BSP leader Mayawati Saturday demanded that the Rajasthan government take strong action against social scientist Ashis Nandy for his comments linking OBCs, the SCs and the STs to corruption and that he be told to leave the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Talking to mediapersons here, Mayawati said Nandy's comments were wrong, baseless and unfortunate and reflected casteist mindset.
They were made as part of a thought-out conspiracy to defame people from these communities, said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo.
Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati today said that her party agrees with the view that those accused of rape should not be fielded by political parties in elections.
BSP agrees with the view 101 percent that rape accused should not be fielded as candidates in the elections and not be given importance, Mayawati told newpersons.
The former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh also approved of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's suggestion that the revised anti-rape law be named after Delhi gang-rape victim.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati smiles after her birthday celebrations in New Delhi in this January 15, 2008 file photo. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is led by Mayawati, 56, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh who goes by only one name and is as famous for building sandstone statues of herself and for her love of designer shoes as she is for championing the cause of India's Dalits, who are on the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy. She has also opposed many of the economic reforms. To match Analysis INDIA-POLITICS.
