New Delhi, Sept 22: BJP leaders Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Madan Lal Khurana today met BSP leader Mayawati at a local hospital where Kanshi Ram is undergoing treatment. The BJP leaders, who had gone to call on Kanshi Ram, had a 45-minute meeting with Mayawati whom they congratulated on her election as the national president of BSP. They also wished Ram speedy recovery.

"We met Mayawati at the hospital when we had gone to see Kanshi Ram. We wished him speedy recovery and congratulated Mayawati on her being elected party president," Naqvi said.
This is the first meeting between BSP and BJP leaders ever since Mayawati broke the alliance in Uttar Pradesh and resigned as chief minister in the wake of the Taj corridor issue.

After her resignation she has been attacking the BJP leadership and had yesterday strongly criticised Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a rally in Bhopal.

Bureau Report