Protesting in front of BR Ambedkar’s statue in Lucknow’s Hazratganj locality, party workers burnt effigies of Singh, broke through police barriers and shouted slogans, News18 reported.
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A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader on Thursday announced to give Rs 50 lakh as reward for cutting off the tongue of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dayashankar Singh. The authorities had blocked the road that lead to Rajbhavan and the chief minister’s residence as a precautionary measure. “And if you say bad things about their goddess they will feel bad and will certainly protest”, Mayawati told reporters outside the Parliament even as hundreds of her party workers staged a massive protest against the BJP in Lucknow.
The BSP supremo thanked the people and described the protests as a spontaneous reaction to Singh’s remarks. He alleged that Mayawati has been taking money in exchange for party tickets.
The BSP chief on her part thanked Jaitley and other leaders in the Rajya Sabha for supporting her on this matter. An FIR was lodged against Singh at the Hazratganj police station on the basis of a two-page complaint submitted on behalf on national BSP secretary Mewa Lal Gautam later on Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, Mayawati’s supporters have erupted in several cities to protest the “prostitute” remark made by Dayashankar Singh.
Reacting strongly to derogatory remarks, Mayawati said that the Singh has used those words against his own daughter and sister. In Ballia, Singh’s brother Dharmendra was taken into custody from his house. “Then they would have won my heart”, she said.
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The prostitute remark against Mayawati by a BJP leader has backfired on the Centre and has handed BSP a fresh political agenda in Uttar Pradesh ahead of polls in early 2017. The BSP had lodged a case against him under laws, including the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and insulting the modesty of a woman.
