Mayawati Slams SP-Congress Over Blue Scarf: Adopting Color Won’t Erase Feudal Mindset
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national president Mayawati has launched a fierce political assault against the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Indian National Congress, warning that adopting the symbolic color blue on stage banners, scarfs, and garments will never mask their deep-rooted casteist, feudal, and capitalist convictions. Addressing the political landscape via posts on X and Instagram, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister asserted that merely donning blue clothing cannot transform opposition parties into genuine followers of Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Emphasizing that the blue hue has remained the foundational ideological symbol of the BSP and Dalit empowerment movements since its inception, Mayawati demanded that opposition leaders cleanse their internal biases toward Dalits, tribals, poor communities, and other backward classes before staging hollow political symbolism.
Attacking SP’s PDA Narrative and the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha Blue Uniform
The BSP chief's sharp rebuke follows the Samajwadi Party's decision to revamp the official dress code of its student wing, the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha, which prominently integrated blue into its apparel alongside traditional party colors. Calling out SP's Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak (PDA) formulation, Mayawati characterized the party's thinking, conduct, character, and political posturing as fundamentally deceitful and double-faced. She noted that both SP and Congress change colors like chameleons regarding the welfare of marginalized communities, presenting polished slogans while consistently acting against the empowerment of the Bahujan Samaj. She declared that BSP remains the sole, authentic political vehicle genuinely dedicated to Ambedkarite ideology and the upliftment of marginalized classes across the country.
Exposing Political Turncoats: Opportunistic Splinter Groups and Sinking Alliances
Mayawati also addressed the phenomenon of rebel leaders expelled from the BSP due to indiscipline or anti-party activities, warning that these individuals are driven solely by self-interest. Pointing out that most expelled leaders routinely jump between rival outfits or float small splinter organizations at the behest of larger parties, she warned that such fragmented groups can never serve the collective interests of the Bahujan movement. These smaller entities, she noted, are incapable of contesting elections independently and merely bargain for ministerial berths in coalition governments. Directly criticizing Congress for attempting to induct expelled BSP leaders into its fold, Mayawati termed the grand old party a sinking ship, reminding cadres that Dr. Ambedkar himself explicitly warned the community to stay vigilant against Congress's paternalistic politics throughout his lifetime.
Inside Account of Ashok Siddharth’s Forced Exit and Morning Retirement Statement
Disclosing critical internal developments regarding recent organizational disciplinary actions, the BSP supremo revealed the backstage drama surrounding former leader Ashok Siddharth. Mayawati stated that when the party formally advised Siddharth to step away from active politics, he resisted the directive and spent the entire night deploying varied tactics to avert his exit. Realizing that his attempts had fallen through and fearing greater public loss if he delayed further, Siddharth reluctantly released his retirement statement with numerous conditions around 6:30 AM the following morning. Mayawati assured party workers that complete, granular facts surrounding this episode will be disclosed in detail to the cadre at an appropriate time.
