Stop emotional blackmail, says BSP chief Mayawati

New Delhi: BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that government is not being allowed to speak on note ban in Parliament, saying the leader of a party with absolute majority should not be making such allegations and his “emotional blackmail” would not work.

She said it was a case of the “pot calling the kettle black”. “Leader of a party with absolute majority (in Lok Sabha) should not make such allegations...’yeh ulta chor kotwal ko dantey jaisa hai’,” she said in a statement.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said Mr Modi is running away from accountability and responsibility.

“He is not ready to listen to the problems of people inside and outside Parliament. Therefore, things are getting complex,” she said.

Ms Mayawati said the “emotional blackmail” the PM was indulging in would not help the BJP and the government. “Note ban has become a problem for 90 per cent of honest people,” she said.

Mayawati also said that Modi was harping on the same tune and his speech at BJP’s Parivartan Yatra in Bahraich, addressed through mobile phone from Lucknow, was no different from his speech in Gujarat Saturday.

She was referring to Mr Modi’s remark that since he was not allowed to speak in Parliament by opposition parties, he was compelled to speak outside on demonetisation.