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Congress cosying up to Mayawati after cut motion support Deepak Gidwani / DNAFriday, April 30, 2010 1:55 IST Lucknow: The Congress’s terms of reference vis-a-vis Mayawati seem to have changed overnight following her party’s support to the UPA regime on the cut motion in parliament. On Thursday, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh was courtesy personified as he thanked Mayawati for her support. Digvijay is in charge of the party’s affairs in Uttar Pradesh. “By supporting the UPA government, she has taken an important step towards strengthening secular forces in the country,” Digvijay told reporters at the state Congress headquarters here. The Congress leader denied that Mayawati had fallen in line because of a disproportionate assets case against her which is being investigated by the income tax department and the CBI. “The BSP had supported the UPA government from Day 1… that support continues. So, where’s the confusion?” he asked. Interestingly, this is precisely the explanation Mayawati herself gave out while announcing her decision to support the UPA regime on the BJP-sponsored cut motion in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Digvijay did not stop at that. He even went ahead and welcomed Mayawati’s drive against criminals in her party. However, he also raised questions about how they had managed to enter the BSP. Despite the rather mild criticism, Singh’s statements clearly indicate a change of tactics on the Congress’s part towards the BSP. The shift could change political equations in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh assembly election in 2012. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
