NEW DELHI
Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has written a letter to Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud after a political row erupted over the use of “President of Bharat” in place of “President of India” for the official invitation for the G20 Summit’s evening banquet on September 9.
In her letter, the BSP supremo has urged the CJI to take suo-motu cognizance of the controversy between the Central government and the Opposition.
In her letter, she stated, “The truth is that under a well-thought-out conspiracy, the Opposition has given the BJP-NDA an opportunity to amend the Constitution by naming their alliance ‘I.N.D.I.A.’. This is a conspiracy by the ruling party, and they have ignored critical issues such as unemployment, poverty, and inflation.” Mayawati stated that her party’s policy of equidistance from the two alliances is proving correct.
Mayawati further alleged that the BJP-NDA alliance should have gone to the Supreme Court against alliances with names similar to the country’s name or should have enacted a law to prohibit such naming. She stated, “We urge the Supreme Court to take suo-motu cognizance and impose a ban on organizations, parties, and alliances using the country’s name.”
The BSP leader accused this as a premeditated conspiracy between the ruling party and the Opposition, labelling it as “dirty politics” and “anti-people.”
Recalling the role of B.R. Ambedkar in drafting the Constitution, Mayawati stated that altering or making amendments to the Constitution and playing with people’s sentiments is inappropriate.
