Siddiqui lashes out at Mayawati, alleges she demanded Rs 50 cr from him

Lucknow, May 11 (PTI): A day after he was expelled from the BSP, Naseemuddin Siddiqui today alleged that Mayawati had demanded Rs 50 crore from him and made objectionable remarks against Muslims.

At a crowded press conference here, an angry Siddiqui claimed that he had enough material to cause an “earthquake”. He also claimed that there was a threat to his life.

Rebutting the charges levelled against him by the BSP yesterday, Siddiqui played six audio clippings of his “telephonic conversations” with Mayawati to support his allegation that he was asked to pay Rs 50 crore by selling his property.

Siddiqui said he was in possession of 150 such audio clippings.

“She (Mayawati) was sore after the dismal showing of the BSP in the recent Assembly elections and termed Muslims as betrayers for not voting for the party,” he alleged.

Accusing the BSP supremo of having referred to “bearded Muslims as dogs”, Siddiqui claimed he had objected to the remark.

He also attacked BSP general secretary Satish Mishra saying he was trying to weaken the party.

Siddiqui, who was expelled from the party yesterday for “anti-party activities”, said he had “solid evidence” against Mayawati but would only speak about the charges levelled against him as of now.

The BSP is totally under the grip of Mishra and company and Mayawati is being blackmailed by them, he claimed.

Continuing his tirade, Siddiqui alleged that Mayawati had a criminal gang which could set any leader’s house on fire or even get someone murdered.

During the April 19 party meeting she also tried to “belittle” Kanshi Ram by comparing the party’s showing in Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, Siddiqui claimed.

Kanshi Ram hailed from Punjab.

He appealed to Dalits and ‘sarvsamaj’ to save the party and the mission of Kanshi Ram and Baba Saheb Ambedkar which had been “crushed” by Mayawati.

Siddiqui alleged that all BSP MLAs had to pay Mayawati and claimed that even his wife, who was a BSP MLC, had given money to her.

To a question about BJP leader Swati Singh against whom Siddiqui had made derogatory slogans after her husband Daya Shankar Singh’s adverse comments against Mayawati, he said that his video clippings could be checked as he never said anything wrong against her.