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Mayawati denies retirement, accuses media of spreading false news

By Business Standard - 3 months ago
BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday asserted that she was not retiring from active politics and alleged that the "casteist media" had been "propagating such fake news". The 68-year-old Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president is a four-time former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. "To foil the conspiracies of opponents to weaken the Ambedkarite caravan of the Bahujans, like Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and the venerable Kanshi Ram ji, my decision to remain dedicated to the self-respect and self-esteem movement of BSP till my last breath is firm," she said in a post on X. "That is, there is no question of my retirement from active politics. Ever since the party has put forward Akash Anand as the successor of BSP in my absence or in dire ill health, the casteist media has been propagating such fake news that people should be cautious," Mayawati said in Hindi. "Although earlier also rumours were spread about me being made the president (of India), whereas the venerable Kanshi Ram ji had rejected a simila

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