This is not the time to allow conspiracy against Mayawati

Aurobindo Ghose

It seemed till yesterday that the cycle is punctured before the race has begun. That the lotus is drooping even before the morning has arrived. It seemed till yesterday, that the elephant is brisk in its regal gait.

An out-of-context 2006 video clip of Mayawati is being circulated to damage her image and harm her chances in the coming UP election.

This 30-seconds clip cannot be avoided and needs to be directly faced. It is indeed a conspiracy and clever ploy by those forces who wish to hide their ulterior designs of both 'hard' and 'soft' Hindutva agenda, at the same time clip Mayawati's wings.

She was soaring smoothly towards an inclusive, rainbow coalition of varied colours of the oppressed sections, beleagured minorities and even the socially privileged. It is then that this invidious clip was released to spoil the growing ground-swell of all- round support for BSP under her comforting stewardship.

Her broadside on DEMONETISATION as being a 'concentration camp', RSS rethink on reservation, her repeated reminders that Una , Muzaffarnagar and Akhlaque will never be allowed to be repeated in the future, are ringing a bell in every heart.

Who can forget her track record of strong, stable administration, social welfare measures, a no-nonsense-approach to communal riots and protection to women , farmers, minorities, oppressed sections and even others ?

BSP is slowly but surely emerging as the only viable, stable option for all sections of society.

This is not the time for democratic, secular , progressive forces to allow such conspiracy against Mayawati to raise its ugly head.