Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav “thinks Muslims are ‘in my pocket’,” said Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday as she tried to wean away the Muslim support from her opponent in western Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing a rally in Saharanpur, which has a substantial number of Muslim and Jatav (Dalit) voters, Ms. Mayawati said the minority community had strongly backed the SP under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule but got nothing in return especially when it came to political representation.
