Friday 24 May 2013

Mishra Asks Brahmins To Unite Behind BSP
JHANSI, May 24, 2013: With an eye on the forthcoming General elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is in a preparation mode. It is once again banking on its old and time-tested social-engineering formula to woo upper caste voters, especially Brahmins.

In a public meeting at Muktakashi Manchi on Thursday, party's senior leader Satish Chandra Mishra urged the Brahmin community to break the shackles and unite as a single strong force to ensure BSP's march to the Centre.

He said that Brahmins accounted for 16% of the total population of the state and in Bundelkhand region they had 25% vote share. Stating that the numbers could make a considerable difference in poll outcome, he said that BSP had always given the community its due by offering plum posts in the cabinet and administration.

Accusing the BJP of cheating the community, he said that the saffron party always played with their sentiments during election time.

"This party (BJP) has even deceived Lord Ram by giving false assurances and commitments in his name. A party that is not loyal to Lord Ram cannot be loyal to his people," he added.

Recalling a similar meeting held in state capital on June 9, 2005, he said that lakhs and lakhs of Brahmins had gathered under the blazing Sun braving a day temperature of 48 degrees Celsius to express their solidarity with the BSP in wake of SP's misrule.

Describing Brahmins as an intellectual class, he said that the community has always been in the forefront, right from the time of freedom movement. He lamented that the community has been cheated by all political parties.

He reassured his party's commitment and said that only Mayawati allocated 21 tickets to Brahmin candidates in UP, including two in Bundelkhand namely Anuradha Sharma for Jhansi Lalitpur constituency and Rakesh Goswami from Hamirpur.

He also alleged that SP government has completed one year and during this period 4,500 murders, 4,200 cases of abduction and 3,800 cases of rape have been officially reported. He added that unofficial figures were quite higher than what the state government claimed.

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