LUCKNOW: BSP chief

has said that the announcement by US president

to scrap preferential trade terms with India is BJP’s failure.

Taking a potshot at BJP’s latest slogan ‘namumkin ab mumkin hai’, she asked why this “impossible became possible in the BJP government”.

“India out of select US trade privilege list is one of the main news of newspapers today. US turn trade war against India is a setback for the country. Why this failure under BJP? Why this impossible became possible in the BJP govt. Country is worried but why BJP is negligent?” (sic) she tweeted on Wednesday.

Trump had announced in the US Congress on Monday that he would terminate trade terms with India within 60 days as he was dissatisfied with the concessions that India had offered in response to his attempts to force open the Indian markets. If he follows through with this threat, it would affect exports of $5.6 billion which have zero tariff.

Mayawati also lashed out at the BJP government for the 13-point roster system, calling it “grossly anti-quota”. Dalit groups have been protesting against the system which looks at each department within a university as a unit for implementation of quotas unlike the previous system in which the university itself was looked at as a single unit.

“BJP first conspired to introduce the grossly anti-quota 13-point roster for department-wise (recruitment) in universities but now afraid of elections, it is trying to hoodwink people. The BJP government is totally against reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs and it is no secret. Its ouster is necessary,” she said.