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Mayawati said that Congress does not remember the safety and honor of Dalits in its good days, but makes them scapegoats in bad days. (File photo: PTI)
The Congress party mostly remembers non-Dalits in their good days and puts forth Dalits in their bad days, as it is in the present day, he said in a tweet.
A day after Mallikarjun Kharge was elected Congress president, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the 137-year-old party of remembering only Dalits in their bad times and making them “scapegoats”.
Kharge (80), a Dalit leader from Karnataka, defeated his 66-year-old rival Shashi Tharoor in a historic election held four days ago to become the first non-Gandhi to lead the Congress in 24 years.
In a series of tweets, Mayawati said, “The history of Congress is witness that it has always neglected/disdained Dalit Param Pujya Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and the messiah of his society. She does not remember, but makes her a scapegoat in bad days.
“The Congress party mostly remembers the non-Dalits in their long days of good days and puts forth Dalits in their bad days as it is in present times. Is this not deceit and pseudo politics? People ask, ‘Is this the real love of Congress towards Dalits’? He said in another tweet.
Kharge, considered a loyalist of the Gandhi family, will take over as Congress president on October 26 as he seeks to lift the beleaguered party out of its current crisis.
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