Etawah, October 28: Rahul Gandhi”s efforts to reach out to Dalits came in for praise today by Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh who lauded him for spending time with people belonging to the deprived sections of society. Admitting his “fondness” for the young Congress leader, Amar Singh at an election rally in Bahrthana assembly constituency said there was nothing wrong in Gandhi spending nights and sharing food with Dalits.
The SP leader also wondered why such actions by Rahul Gandhi are infuriating Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. Though praising Rahul, Singh did not spare the Congress saying that his party helped it in “bad times” but took nothing in return.
Lashing out at the Mayawati government for what he termed as a “fake FIR ” against him in Kanpur, Singh said it was a conspiracy. “I have come to know that the Chief Minister, one cabinet minister and a trusted bureaucrat are behind this conspiracy”, he said.
Singh alleged that the chief minister has taken hundreds of crores of rupees from sugar mill owners and charged her with misusing public funds on setting up her statues in the state. Appealing to voters to support the SP in the coming by-polls, Singh said that all the opponents in the electoral fray originally belonged to SP but have now joined rival camps.
—-PTI–