
Accusing Congress of having an "anti Dalit" mentality, the BSP supremo said, "Had they not be having anti Dalit mentality and not been a victim of inferiority complex towards Dalits, it would have made similar provision for women of Sarva Samaj (all sections), who face such crimes as well..."
Referring to a book "Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna" penned by Joshi about her father, Mayawati said that in her book she had used very strong terms against Gandhi family and alleged that Sonia Gandhi ignored all this for "political opportunism" and made her the party chief for UP.
She said that there was strong resentment among BSP workers over her comments and they wanted to hold protests across the nation but she intervened to stop them as she did not want public to suffer because of law and order problems.
Mayawati said Thursday night's incident at Joshi's house was done to divert the attention of the people from her remarks.