04-08-2008, 06:31 AM
<b>Rahul Gandhi takes bath after visiting dalits: Mayawati </b>
Press Trust of India
Azamgarh, April 7, 2008
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In a new low in the war of words with Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati on Monday claimed that Rahul Gandhi takes bath with a
"special" soap after his visits to dalit homes.
"Congress is losing no stone unturned to woo dalits and is sending it's
prince (Rahul Gandhi) to live and eat with dalits in various places just
only to garner their votes," she said.
"I have also come to know that when this prince returns to his home in
Delhi after meeting and eating with dalits, he is given a bath with a
special soap and he goes through purification rituals with incence and
incense sticks," she said addressing a meeting here.
Last week at a Congress convention in Kanpur, Gandhi attacked Mayawati
of only mouthing platitudes for dalits, who, he said, were feeling
"cheated" in Uttar Pradesh as no one seemed to care of them.
On the occasion, he narrated the story of a Dalit who held his hand and
took him to his house during his recent visit to Etawah and showed the
pitiable condition in which he was living with no power and no basic
amenities.
Quoting that Dalit, he said "Indiaraji aur Kanshiram hamare bare mein
sochte the.... Hamare saath dhokha hua hai' (Indiraji and Kanshiram used
to think about us...We have been cheated).
The young Congress MP narrated another story from his experience during
his 4-day tour of Karnataka and said that at a village he found some
youth from UP working in a field there. On being asked why they were
working in Karnataka, they told him that the "future of youths of UP
lies in Karnataka".
"These two stories tell us about the state of affairs in UP," he said
adding these stories need to be re-written if Uttar Pradesh has to moved
ahead.
Press Trust of India
Azamgarh, April 7, 2008
<http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=2
54&issueid=48&id=6759>
In a new low in the war of words with Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati on Monday claimed that Rahul Gandhi takes bath with a
"special" soap after his visits to dalit homes.
"Congress is losing no stone unturned to woo dalits and is sending it's
prince (Rahul Gandhi) to live and eat with dalits in various places just
only to garner their votes," she said.
"I have also come to know that when this prince returns to his home in
Delhi after meeting and eating with dalits, he is given a bath with a
special soap and he goes through purification rituals with incence and
incense sticks," she said addressing a meeting here.
Last week at a Congress convention in Kanpur, Gandhi attacked Mayawati
of only mouthing platitudes for dalits, who, he said, were feeling
"cheated" in Uttar Pradesh as no one seemed to care of them.
On the occasion, he narrated the story of a Dalit who held his hand and
took him to his house during his recent visit to Etawah and showed the
pitiable condition in which he was living with no power and no basic
amenities.
Quoting that Dalit, he said "Indiaraji aur Kanshiram hamare bare mein
sochte the.... Hamare saath dhokha hua hai' (Indiraji and Kanshiram used
to think about us...We have been cheated).
The young Congress MP narrated another story from his experience during
his 4-day tour of Karnataka and said that at a village he found some
youth from UP working in a field there. On being asked why they were
working in Karnataka, they told him that the "future of youths of UP
lies in Karnataka".
"These two stories tell us about the state of affairs in UP," he said
adding these stories need to be re-written if Uttar Pradesh has to moved
ahead.