Mayawati blames BJP, SP for Gorakhpur blasts

Lucknow, May 23: Vowing to come down heavily on disruptive elements in the wake of the Gorakhpur serial bomb blasts, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today blamed the Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party for hatching conspiracy to ''unsettle'' her government.

''SP and BJP being in a spot after losing the recent assembly elections in the state are resorting to spreading communal tension to destabilise my newly elected government,'' she told reporters.

These parties had nothing in their hands and they were indulging in petty tactics to vent their frustration, she said, adding that they were feeling jittery as the Lok Sabha polls were nearing and SP and BJP had already lost ground.

''My government has taken the incident very seriously and would ensure that the guilty are booked and such incidents are not repeated during my regime,'' Ms Mayawati said.

Meanwhile, the Principal Secretary (Home) K Chandramauli, the state Director General of Police (DGP) G P Sharma, Additional Director General(ADG) Shailja Kanat Mishra and ADG( Law and Order) Brijlal had been airdashed to Gorakhpur in a special plane to gauge the situation.

The CM said she had asked these officers to submit their report to her at the earliest.

UNI