Lucknow, April 17 -- Mayawati, president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), on Friday accused major political parties of adopting a "double standard" on issues related to constitutional and legal rights of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC).
In a statement posted on X, she alleged that the Indian National Congress had historically failed to ensure the proper implementation of reservation quotas during its tenure at the Centre, despite now raising concerns over representation in the women's reservation framework.
She further claimed that the 27% OBC reservation recommended by the Mandal Commission was not implemented by Congress governments and was only enforced later under Prime Minister VP Singh...