Maya slams Cong,BJP for delaying quota Bill

She also criticised the BJP for not acceding to her request to withhold their protest for a few hours to facilitate passage of the Bill. She had met Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley Tuesday with the request.

BJP and its allies also have their own political interests. They have also kept the issue of reservation for SC or STs in promotions as the second priority. They are dreaming of forming the government in 2014 by cornering the government on the issue of coal block allocations. BJP and its allies are anti-Dalit, she said.

Mayawati warned both the Congress and BJP of adverse political fallout. Both parties delayed the Bill and they will pay for it in the next elections and SC or ST people will not tolerate this, she said.

The BSP chief sought to play down the SP members protest against the Bill,saying Mulayam Singh Yadavs party would not have mattered had the Congress and the BJP agreed to pass the Bill.