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A day after documents seized from Bahujan Samaj Party’s office in New Delhi revealed a cash deposit of over ₹100 crore, BSP chief Mayawati today addressed a press conference claiming that the Centre was misusing official machinery to target her.

Upset and frustrated after the failure of the party's demonetisation move, the BJP is misusing central machinery to target the BSP and to soil the honest reputation of the party,” said Mayawati, addressing the media.

Responding to the news of the cash deposits to the tune of ₹104 crore in one of BSP’s bank accounts, the BSP chief has stated that the deposits were made as per law.

“BSP has followed all norms and regulations. The money was deposited as per rules and regulations and routine procedure was followed. There has been no foul play in depositing money,” said Mayawati.

Mayawati said she and her party were being targeted as she was the first one to denounce demonetisation.

“All this is a part of propaganda by the BJP to malign me and the party. I'm being targeted because I'm a Dalit. This only proves the anti-Dalit and casteist mentality of the BJP,” Mayawati added.

Mayawati also stated that if the Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes he is honest, he should make public the deposits made by BJP during the 10 months prior to November 8 decision of banning ₹1,000 and ₹500 currency notes.

On Monday, documents seized from the Bahujan Samaj Party’s office in New Delhi have revealed that over ₹100 crore in cash was deposited in the party’s bank account since the government’s remonetisation move.

The papers show that in the past 45 days, an amount to the tune of ₹104.36 crores was deposited into the bank accounts of the Bahujan Samaj Party.