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Lucknow, 29 Jan. 2019: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday has reacted sharply to the Congress pledge to ensure minimum income for the poor.
She termed the announcement a “cruel joke” that has left the “entire nation stunned and suspicious”.
The BSP supremo said while Congress governments spoke of ‘Garibi Hatao’ (Remove Poverty), the Modi government was fooling people by promising to bring back ill-gotten black money from foreign banks.
She accused both the Congress and BJP of betraying the faith of the people.
She said it would have been better if such schemes were introduced in states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Such an initiative would have infused faith among the people who might not have thought that these announcements were merely high talk.
Prasanta Patnaik