UP Polls: Mayawati says BJP to end reservations for minorities if comes to power

Uttar Pradesh: Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati today addressed an election rally in Bulandshahr here. In another attack at the Bhartiya Janata Party, the BSP supremo said : The constant interference of the BJP in matters associated with the Muslim Personal Law Board like the Triple Talaq, Uniform Civil Code, is a matter of serious concern. Opposition parties are using fake opinion poll surveys to turn things in their favour. Such parties will be ousted once the election results are declared. If BJP comes to power it will finish the reservations and facilities given to minorities by following their RSS agenda. Mayawati also attacked the Congress for forming a selfish alliance with the Samajwadi Party to contest the UP elections. On Wednesday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati  flayed the Union Budget and said that it had nothing for the poor and weaker and marginalised sections of society. In a statement issued here, she said that while people were looking for relief measures post-demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley "disappointed" them. "Small relief given in income tax will neither offset the problems of the people nor wash away the blots on the BJP-led NDA government," the statement said. The four-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also castigated the central government for being adamant on pushing through the budget even while the poll process was underway in five major states of the country. She said that the demonetisation of higher currency notes on November 8 has already singed the economy, made people jobless and put honest people through endless travails. Watch the BSP Chief's speech: (With inputs from IANS)