BJP, SP have tacit understanding: Mayawati

March 04, 2014 21:01

BSP chief Mayawati today accused the BJP and the SP of having a tacit understanding ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to polarise voters, saying Muslims have suffered due to communal violence both in Gujarat and in Uttar Pradesh.

She also attacked the Congress for "rampant corruption", spiraling prices and not doing enough for minorities, backward sections and the poor. But at the same time, she skirted an attack on Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

"In his rally in Allahabad on Sunday, Mulayam Singh Yadav accused Narendra Modi on the issue of post-Godhra riots. We also agree that the issue should be raised. But it is the same Allahabad where in SP's previous regime, communal flareup took place and girls were sexually assaulted. There was no justice for the victims. Yadav made no mention of it," she told a press conference.

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