Lucknow/IBNS, Feb. 21 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati on Thursday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for attacking her for not 'fighting elections properly.'

"Behenji (Mayawati) aajkal chunaav theek se kyun nahi lad rahi (Why is Mayawati not fighting polls properly these days)," Gandhi asked a group of Dalit students in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

Reacting sharply to the allegation, Mayawati, a former Dalit chief minister of UP, accused the Congress of "animosity and casteist attitude" towards her party.

"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 allian...