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Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) On her 54th birthday Friday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) boss and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati released the fifth volume of her book detailing her political struggles. In it, Mayawati has claimed she would have become prime minister but for the “ganging up by Congress, BJP and Samajwadi Party”.
The BSP chief released the book, titled “Mere Sangharshmay Jeevan Evam BSP Movement ka Safarnam”, at her official residence here.

Releasing the book, she said: “This volume has a detailed account of the progress made by the party togther with whatever I have done over the past one year.”

In this 1,100-page volume, Maywati flays the opposition for criticising her decision to dedicate and build memorials for leading Dalit icons, who she alleged were “systematically ignored by successive ruling parties over the years”.

Lashing out at the Congress party in particular, for what she termed as its “anti-Dalit mindset”, Mayawati writes in her book: “The Congress party has made these memorials, built in the interest and for the use of general public, as an excuse for their political animosity to us. In addition to misusing the central government machinery for the purpose, they are also opposing these vehemently in the court of law.”

She goes on to add: “These historic construction works executed by my government in Uttar Pradesh are like a thorn in the flesh of the Congress party.”

Referring to her book, she said: “I am able to write this for the readers because it has been a very old hobby of mine to get up early in the morning and do some reading and writing. That was how many documents related to the BSP movement are now treasured by the party.”

She also made it a point to claim that she would have become the country’s prime minister “if it were not for the ganging up by Congress, BJP and Samajwadi Party.”