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Talking to ET, BSP floor leader in the Lok Sabha, Girish Chandra said, "It is well known that BSP founder Manyawar Kanshi Ramji gave the historic slogan 'jiski jitni sankhya bhaari, uski utni hissedari' as part of his grand vision for social justice and economic upliftment of the Dalit community and other backward sections. Yet, Rahul Gandhiji and Congress are now copying and rehashing BSP founder's pioneering slogan by talking about 'jitini aabadi, utna haq' that too without attributing it to Manyavar Kanshi Ramji".
Chandra also questioned the rationale behind Gandhi and the Congress attempting to imitate Kanshi Ram's slogan. "The Congress party, which ruled India for about 50 years, never bothered to implement what Kanshi Ramji had demanded, "jiski jitni sankhya bhaari, uski utni hissedari". Now Rahul ji and Congress are copying Kanshi Ramji's slogan only when Congress is in the Opposition".
Chandra alleged the same streak in Gandhi's and Congress' new-found pitch for the OBC cause, including seeking OBC quota in the recently passed Women's reservation bill.
"The Congress governments at the Centre, even when they had full majority, never implemented the Mandal Commission report (for OBC reservation in jobs). Whereas Manyavar Kanshi Ramji had all through demanded OBC reservation and he was in the forefront in demanding implementation of the Mandal Commission when the VP Singh government finally did. Similarly, our leader Mayawatiji always demanded SC/ST and OBC quotas within the Women's reservation bill but Congress government never agreed to it. Even now, when the Modi government brought the bill, BSP MPs, including me, demanded SC/ST-OBC quota within it. But Congress started demanding OBC quota in the bill only when it is out of power now".
The BSP MP's comments come days after BSP chief Mayawati said her party won't be part of the NDA or INDIA bloc.
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