The BJP on Tuesday slammed BSP supremo Mayawati's resignation from the Rajya Sabha, calling the move a "drama" aimed at "creating confusion" by raising an emotional pitch.

BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav said the people will not be misled by her. Talking to reporters here, he stated that Mayawati had lost the mandate among the masses and her six-year tenure in the Upper House would have anyway ended in the next session of Parliament, while suggesting that her action was driven more by "frustration".

He said the Dalit leader was given twice the allotted time to raise her issue in the House and it was "unfortunate" that she did not give due respect to the Chair. She did not follow the parliamentary decorum while raising issues, Yadav, a Rajya Sabha member, said. It was surprising that she chose to resign, he said. "So the question is why did she do so? She has lost people's mandate. She is likely to be in frustration. Her tenure is anyway going to end in the next session.

"Some people are resorting to emotional pitch in politics by doing drama so as to create confusion. People will not be misled," he said. The Modi government, Yadav said, had been working overtime to empower Dalits, backwards and the poor. The saffron party had been successful in weaning away a section of the core vote bank of the BSP in the Lok Sabha and the recent assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, sweeping both the elections and reducing Mayawati's party to a marginal status. Mayawati has been strategising to reclaim her lost clout and had joined hands with opposition parties to take on the BJP. The Dalit leader today tendered her resignation, hours after the Chair asked her to restrict her impromptu speech on alleged anti-Dalit violence in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur.

Lalu backs Mayawati:

Backing Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati?s decision to resign as Rajya Sabha MP, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an anti-Dalit party.

"We support Mayawati Ji and if she wants we will again send her to the Rajya Sabha. This behavior of BJP Ministers against Mayawati Ji proves that BJP is an anti-Dalit party,"Lalu told ANI. The BSP chief today resigned from the Rajya Sabha after she was allegedly not allowed to speak on issues of attacks on Dalits and backward class.

"I was not allowed to speak on problems being faced by the Dalits, backward class, weaker sections including farmers and labourers in Uttar Pradesh. Since I was not allowed by the ruling party to raise these issues so, I have decided to give resignation from Rajya Sabha," she told media. Following her resignation, the BJP said the BSP chief is trying to create unrest in peaceful state.

"Mayawati ji has not contributed for the development of Uttar Pradesh. I would like to ask her not try to create unrest in the peaceful state," Uttar Pradesh Power Minister and BJP leader Shrikant Sharma told ANI. BJP leader Nalin Kohli lashed out at the BSP chief while saying that Mayawati never endorsed the politics of performance and development.

"If she wants to give resignation then who can stop her.There are three kinds of political thinking. One is of accusations and allegations, one is of excuses and the third is the politics of performance and development. As far as BJP and Modi's government is concerned we are focusing on politics of performance and development,"Kohli told ANI.