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Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s attacks on the Congress party are borne out of desperation at its rising popularity in the state and realisation that her days in power are numbered, the Congress said Sunday.

Reacting sharply to Mayawati’s attacks on the Congress and its policies, state Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi said: “Mayawati’s speech at today’s (Sunday’s) rally of her party was a reflection of her desperation in the wake of realization that her days were now numbered.”

“Mayawati looked jittery because she could sense the rising popularity of the Congress party, therefore she was trying to train all her guns at the Congress , which she sees as a potential threat to her party’s future,” she told media persons here.

Joshi was also critical of Mayawati for her continued “blatant use of religion and caste to push her political agenda”.

Also taking strong exception to Mayawati’s remarks against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Joshi said: “Rahul Gandhi had covered as many as 42 constituencies spread across 13 districts over his 30 days of travel in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, and that was something Mayawati cannot match, hence she was getting panicky.”

She blamed successive non-Congress governments including four headed by Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party for the deteriorating state of affairs in the state.