Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad tells Preetha Nair he won바카라™t Âcontest elections and that the BSP바카라™s 바카라˜sarvjan바카라™ Âidea is problematic. Excerpts:
Will you join the grand alliance?
My focus is on ensuring the Modi government바카라™s defeat. But I won바카라™t contest elections now. One can change the system without being in power by working among people. They are the ones who choose the government. If the BSP, SP and Congress join hands, I will support the grand alliaÂnce. Bhim Army is with Mayawati.
Did Mayawati fail to harness the Dalit anger that rocked the country, especially in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan?
Madhya Pradesh was the epicentre of the April 2 protests. Dalits were angry Âbecause the BSP didn바카라™t do much about the unending atrocities against them. But they still voted for it. The party shouldn바카라™t give tickets to people involved in crimes against Dalits.
Mayawati has always kept a distance from you.바카라¦
I am not related to her through politics. I respect her a lot and consider her my leader. I don바카라™t know what she thinks about me. My support is always with her.
She called you the BJP바카라™s B-team바카라¦.
I have always respected her, but I바카라™ll also strive to bring the BSP back from the idea of 바카라˜sarvjan바카라™ to the ideology of bahujan movement, its main strength. It has to return to Kanshi Ram바카라™s ideology. I am against the Congress and its ideology, which are equally responsible for the Âcondition of Dalits today. There is no difference between the ideologies of the Congress and the BJP바카라”it바카라™s all about Âgoumutra (cow urine) and mandir. My Âeffort is to bring the BSP back to power.
You dropped 바카라˜Raavan바카라™ from your name....
The BJP has been using it to whip up religious sentiments. I don바카라™t want any polarisation in the name of Ram and Raavan.
