76-year-old Swaran Kaur was taking care of a temple constructed within the premises of her residence in reminiscence of her brother, veteran Dalit chief Kanshi Ram, in Pirathipur village of Rupnagar, Punjab, when information broke that the occasion she had based – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)- has tied up with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for subsequent yr’s meeting elections in Punjab.
After the 2 events joined arms after a niche of practically 25 years, Kaur stood by her stand towards BSP chief Mayawati. “Neither Mayawati, nor Badal know anything about the poor. They are miles away from what it means to be poor, to understand what the poor go through… This is a coalition of parties that are currently ruled by millionaires. Not even millionaires, they are billionaires. What do they know about the suffering of the poor, for which my brother fought all his life,” mentioned Swarna Kaur whereas speaking to The Indian Express.
Clarifying that she won’t contest on a BSP or SAD ticket if supplied, Kaur mentioned, “I cannot contest from another occasion as I can’t go towards BSP. This occasion just isn’t Mayawati’s private property. My brother made BSP for the poor and presently it has been hijacked by Mayawati. The exhausting work and sacrifice of my Veerji has gone into making the BSP,” mentioned Kaur.
Kaur mentioned, “Whenever my mother used to ask Veerji to get married, she used to ask him to give one of her sons to serve the society.” To them for what they did for the Dalits. “I am trying to keep his legacy alive without getting into politics,” she mentioned.
During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Chandrashekhar Azad-led Dalit group Bhim Army had urged Mayawati to provide Kaur a BSP ticket or later contest independently from any seat along with her assist. Kaur had attended a Bhim Army rally on the beginning anniversary of Kanshi Ram at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar that yr, the place Azad had introduced to contest towards PM Narendra Modi. Later, nevertheless, Kaur clarified that she had attended the rally solely as a result of the Bhim Army revered her late brother.
In 2016, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had visited Pirthipur on Kanshi Ram’s beginning anniversary and demanded ‘Bharat Ratna’, the nation’s highest civilian honour. He had visited Kaur’s residence and garlanded the statue. However, Kaur had then termed Kejriwal as her ‘particular visitor’.
“My brother slept on the ground every time vital and all the time stood by the poor. People like Sukhbir Singh Badal and Mayawati don’t permit the poor to return close to them. Mayawati places the tag of ‘Dalit ki Beti’ as per her comfort and has turn into a millionaire whereas the poor of the Dalit neighborhood nonetheless battle to eat twice a day. What has he finished for them?” Kaur requested.
He mentioned, ‘Has she (Mayawati) ever gone to the home of any poor or went to the villages to take heed to the issues of the poor? This alliance is for and for the wealthy and has been finished to avoid wasting the sinking ships of each the perimeters and for his or her mutual profit. No Dalit or poor goes to profit from this alliance because the motive right here is energy, not welfare,” mentioned Kaur, who blames Mayawati for separating Kanshi Ram from his household and never permitting him to satisfy her even in his final days. accuse. “They only wanted power and that hunger drove them out to my brother and other loyal BSP workers like him,” he mentioned. Our anger just isn’t towards the BSP however towards the incompetent and insensitive chief operating it.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
