BSP vice president Jai Prakash Singh. (PTI file photo)

LUCKNOW: A day after BSP vice president Jai Prakash Singh said Congress president Rahul Gandhi ’s “foreign blood” will not allow him to lead the country, he was sacked from all party posts for “making personal remarks”. In a televised statement, BSP chief Mayawati said he was not authorised to make the remarks.

“I have received information that Jai Prakash Singh has gone against the humanitarian ideology and policies of BSP and made personal remarks against the senior most leaders of opposition parties. This is completely against the culture, ideology and policies of BSP. These statements have nothing to do with BSP. They show his personal thinking,” Mayawati said.

She added until an alliance with other parties was formally announced, BSP workers should not talk about a tie-up in UP or any other state and leave these matters to the party high command. She said BSP had taken a very strict view of Singh’s statements and had decided to remove him both as national vice-president and national coordinator.

Addressing a meeting of BSP workers where Mayawati was absent, Singh said “if Rahul had gone on his father Rajiv Gandhi, there was still some hope for him. However, he has gone on his mother Sonia, who is a foreigner. Therefore, he will not succeed in Indian politics.”

