BSP chief Mayawati

NEW DELHI: BSP 's recently appointed national vice-president Jai Prakash Singh was on Tuesday removed from his post for saying that foreign blood won't allow Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to lead India, reported news agency ANI.

"I came to know about BSP national coordinator Jai Prakash Singh's speech in which he spoke against ideology of BSP and also made personal remarks against leadership of rival parties. It's his personal opinion. So, he has been removed from his post with immediate effect," said the BSP chief.

Mayawati's decision comes close on the heels of reports that she is learned to have asked the Congress to accept a package deal for an alliance in all election-bound states.

Therefore, Jai Prakash Singh's comments from Monday would not have pleased her - at all.

"In Uttar Pradesh and in other states as well, until an alliance with a party is announced, members of the BSP should refrain from speaking anything about alliance at any level. They should leave it to the High Command," added Mayawati on Tuesday.

While addressing a gathering of party workers in Lucknow, jai Prakash attacked dynastic politics and said that had Rahul been like his father, former PM Rajiv Gandhi, there was still some hope for him.

"However, he has followed in the footsteps of his mother Sonia, who is a foreigner. Therefore, he will never succeed in Indian politics. The king will no longer be born from a queen. The next leader will not come from 'pet' (stomach) but from 'peti' (ballot box)," he thundered.

BSP has been in talks with the Congress in MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the states going to polls later this year, and with the Samajwadi Party in UP for the Lok Sabha elections.



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