Instead, she said, direct cash incentives would be provided to the poor and weaker sections of society for expenditure on their most basic needs. “For local developmental issues of Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad and Hapur, we will allocate whatever sum can be earmarked from the government treasury,” she said.
Addressing a jam-packed rally in a region that her party swept in the last assembly election — BSP won six out of eight seats in Noida and Ghaziabad — Mayawati exhorted her supporters to ensure BJP’s defeat in the UP election since the party is “working towards ending caste-based reservation system in the country”.
Mayawati also criticised her regional rival, Samajwadi Party, for its poor track record in law and order over the past five years and said the party’s captive vote bank has already been divided between the two factions belonging to chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav.
