By IANS,
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati said her party would support the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government over the cut motion expected to be moved in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
“In the wake of soaring prices and wrong and faulty economic policies of the central government, we should have voted against the UPA government but it would strengthen communal forces to attain power in the centre. Taking this into account, we have opted to support the government,” she said.
Responding to speculation that her pro-UPA stand over the cut motion was linked to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) indicating a re-look into the disproportionate assets case against her, Mayawati said: “The decision has nothing to with CBI. It’s just to keep communal forces at bay from the centre.”
While backing the government on the cut motion, Mayawati, however, also launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led UPA and said it must reframe its policies taking into account the interests of the poor and the downtrodden.
“If necessary steps are not taken by the central government, the country’s condition would worsen further. It is high time the government takes adequate measures to contain ever-rising inflation.”
Accusing the central government of ignoring the interests of the common person, Mayawati said: “The central government is bound to reply to the citizens of the country over soaring prices of sugar, wheat, rice despite the fact that their production in comparison to last year has gone up this year.”