Lucknow, Feb. 20 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati hit back at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after he expressed his intention to fight the elections with her party. Mayawati accused Congress followers in Congress-ruled states of exhibiting 'animosity' and a 'casteist' attitude towards the BSP.

In a series of posts on X in Hindi, Mayawati raised questions on the 'double standards' of Congress, saying, "In the states where Congress is strong or where it has governments, there is animosity and casteist attitude towards BSP and its followers, but in a state like UP where Congress is weak, there is deceptive talk of alliance with BSP; if this is not the double standard of that party, then what is it?"...