Congress minimum income sop a cruel joke: Mayawati

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday reacted sharply to the Congress pledge to ensure minimum income for the poor and termed the announcement a “cruel joke” that has left the “entire nation stunned and suspicious”.

In a statement, the 63-year-old leader said the announcement by Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh on Monday was nothing short of a “cruel joke”. While Congress governments spoke of ‘Garibi Hatao’ (Remove Poverty), the Modi government was fooling people by promising to bring back ill-gotten black money from foreign banks, she said.

Accusing both the Congress and BJP of betraying the faith of the people, she said they had failed to solve the problems faced by the poor, farmers, women, youth and unemployed. The Congress and the BJP were “two sides of the same coin”, she said. (IANS)

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