New Delhi, January 29: Congress today attacked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati over the state government’s reported decision to raise a security force to protect monuments and memorials of Dalit leaders saying a private militia is being raised at the expense of tax payers.
“The UP Chief Minister is raising a security force not to protect human beings but statues….the action of the UP government makes it appear as if a private militia is being raised at the expense of tax payers,” Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters here.
He said Mayawati’s decision reminded one of the erstwhile ‘feudal raj’ and added that the move called for serious introspection by people of the state.
Tewari said the decision came at a time when the state faced acute shortage of policemen.
–Agencies