Mayawati drop a bombshell; claims BJP hatched plot to assassinate her during Saharanpur riots

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday dropped a bombshell, alleging that the BJP had plotted her assassination during the Saharanpur riots that took place in April this year.

Addressing a rally and workers’ convention in Meerut, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister claimed that the BJP had hatched the conspiracy to assassinate her after she resigned from her position in the Rajya Sabha, following the Saharanpur riots.

She further alleged that the BJP had engineered the riots to divert the people’s attention from the issue of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the state assembly polls, which saw the BJP win a record 325 seats.

“The violence in Shabbirpur was escalated, thanks to the BJP and its supporters just to divert the attention from the EVM tampering allegation,” she alleged.

She further claimed that the BJP had hatched a plan after they found out that she would be visiting the riot-hit area. “The plan was that Mayawati would visit riot-hit Shabbirpur and give provocative speech to assuage feelings of dalits. The BJP and its supporters will take advantage of the situation to flare up riots again and kill Mayawati in the garb of fresh violence,” she said, adding that she had …read more