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Mayawati uses caste card to counter attacks on birth day bash
New Delhi, Mar 11: Under attack for use of government funds for her birthday bash, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said she was targetted for being a Dalit and warned of giving a `fitting` reply to the upper castes.
New Delhi, Mar 11: Under attack for use of government funds for her birthday bash, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said she was targetted for being a Dalit and warned of giving a "fitting" reply to the upper castes.
Addressing a press conference here, she said the money
for the birth day celebrations was taken from the state's
contingency fund for the "Swabhimaan Diwas".
She said the expenditure was made "just like earlier
governments had done to celebrate Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday
as Bal Diwas, Chaudhury Charan Singh's as Kisan Diwas and
S Radhakrishnan's as Shikshak Diwas."
Bureau Report