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Akhilesh hits back at Maya for chameleon barb: ‘She is under pressure’ | Lucknow News
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit back at Mayawati for accusing him of changing colours like a chameleon and said that his party dreamt of making the BSP supremo, who is uttering such words because of pressure on her, the country’s prime minister.
When asked about Mayawati’s chameleon remark, Yadav said, “As far as you are saying about the BSP, the socialists have done the work of giving respect and you must have seen how the respect increased.”
The former chief minister, who was addressing a meeting organised on the death anniversary of former MLA Ashrafi Lal Yadav in Barabanki’s Badosarai town, pointed to the Samajwadi Party’s alliance with the BSP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
“I also remember the time when the socialists (pointing towards the SP) had resolved that the prime minister of the country should be from that class which has served the society for thousands of years, have faced many evils. Remember, the Samajwadi Party was dreaming of making Mayawati the prime minister and we also worked for it,” Yadav said.
“The socialists were trying to make her the prime minister of the country, but this is the language that came when I said that respect should be given (to her). If we talk about PDA (‘Pichhde, Dalit and Alpsankhyak’), the Dalit brothers, half the population are also there. If we talk about giving respect to half the population then she (Mayawati) is talking about changing colours like this. She might be saying this because maybe there is pressure on her from somewhere. She must be saying such things because of pressure,” he added.
The BSP chief on Monday said, “Recently, the SP chief misled the people of the BSP with a well thought out strategy regarding the opposition alliance INDIA. With the aim of influencing the BSP chief, he has changed his colours like a chameleon.”