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Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati on Wednesday said that the upper castes , especially Brahmins, have been exploited and harassed in UP a lot since BJP formed a govt in the state. Addressing a rally in Hardoi to seek votes for the party’s candidates in Hardoi (SC), Unnao and Mishrikh (SC), she said that in Unnao no other party has given a ticket to a Brahmin. Ashok Kumar Pandey is the party’s candidate in Unnao.

“Brahmins are present in considerable numbers in Unnao. Our party has fielded Brahmins in Unnao in the past also,” she said. In Hardoi (SC), the party has given a ticket to Bhimrao Ambedkar and in the reserved seat of Mishrikh, BR Ahirwar is in the fray.



“Both of them are missionaries, who have worked to connect people with the ideology of the party,” she said. She reiterated that the reservations quota for SCs, STs and OBCs in govt jobs has not been filled yet and added that reservations in promotions for SCs and STs has almost been made redundant by the govt. “When Samajwadi Party had its govt in UP, it almost did away with reservations in promotions for SCs and STs,” she alleged.

“Not only SCs, STs and OBCs, but also religious minorities, especially Muslims, are living a miserable life. Muslims have been exploited in the name of Hindutva. Their development has almost stopped.

People have been hit hard by rising inflation, poverty, unemployment and corruption,” said the former UP CM. She added that the borders of our country are also not s.

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