BSP Chief Mayawati Urges Yogi Adityanath Govt To Relocate Party Office; Here's Why

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati urged Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government to shift her party's office to a safe place citing safety reasons. She also added that the government should strictly deal with anti-Dalit elements.

5. ऐसे हालात में बीएसपी यूपी सरकार से वर्तमान पार्टी प्रदेश कार्यालय के स्थान पर अन्यत्र सुरक्षित स्थान पर व्यवस्था करने का भी विशेष अनुरोध करती है, वरना फिर यहाँ कभी भी कोई अनहोनी हो सकती है। साथ ही, दलित-विरोधी तत्वों से भी सरकार सख़्ती से निपटे, पार्टी की यह भी माँग है।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) January 8, 2024

In a post on X, she said, "The BSP makes a special request to the UP government to make arrangements at a safe place somewhere else instead of the current party state office otherwise any untoward incident can happen here at any time. Besides, the party also demands that the government deal strictly with anti-Dalit elements".

The BSP supremo claimed that the construction of a high bridge near the party's state office in Lucknow poses a security threat as it may enable "conspiratorial anarchist elements" to potentially harm the party, its employees, and herself.

"The act of building a high bridge near the BSP UP state office is also done from where the conspiratorial anarchist elements can cause harm to the party office, employees and the national chief, due to which the party has to remove the statues of great men from there and place them at the residence of the party chief," she said.

Mayawati also added that the BSP chief is now forced to hold meetings at the residence, whereas large meetings held at the office require additional force deployment.

4. साथ ही, इस असुरक्षा को देखते हुए सुरक्षा सुझाव पर पार्टी प्रमुख को अब पार्टी की अधिकतर बैठकें अपने निवास पर करने को मजबूर होना पड़ रहा है, जबकि पार्टी दफ्तर में होने वाली बड़ी बैठकों में पार्टी प्रमुख के पहुँचने पर वहाँ पुल पर सुरक्षाकर्मियों की अतिरिक्त तैनाती करनी पड़ती है।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) January 8, 2024

“Also, given this insecurity, on security suggestions, the party chief is now forced to hold most of the party meetings at his residence, whereas in the big meetings held at the party office, when the party chief reaches there, there are security personnel on the bridge. Additional deployment has to be made,” she said.

She also accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) of harbouring a "deep-seated anti-Dalit bias. Mayawati added that the true colours of Akhilesh Yadav's party resurfaced after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.