False cases cannot affect popularity of BSP: Mayawati

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Jalandhar, Nov 30 (UNI) Alleging BJP's game plan behind the CBI probe in the Taj Corridor case, BSP president Mayawati today said ''false cases'' would not help her political adversaries in arresting her party's growth and popularity.

Speaking at a rally at the Tajpur on the outskirits of the city here, Ms Mayawati said that in the last Lok Sabha elections she had refused to succumb to the BJP's pressure to leave 60 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in seat adjustment and this made the saffron party ''unhappy''.

However, in a bid to exert pressure the BJP, which was leading the government at the Centre at that time, managed to get Supreme Court order issued for a CBI probe against her in the case.

She said the BJP alleged that her government had committed Rs 175 crore scam in the case but the fact is that her government had released only Rs 17 crore for the project.

Her political adversary -- ''pro Manu parties'' -- could not tarnish her image or arrest the rising popularity and support base of BSP by implicating her in false cases, she claimed.

''Let them file many more fake cases like the Taj Corridor case against me. It will not tarnish my image in fact my party will emerge stronger as it did in the last Lok Sabha elections by gaining five more seats as compared to previous parliamentary elections,'' Ms Mayawati said.

She said even during assembly elections in Rajasthan, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, BJP led government at the Centre had tried to damage her party's image in the election by conducting CBI raids at her premises just before the polls.

UNI SS DP MSJ RN1835

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