Mayawati said the RSS chief should take note of the episode and reflect on it, particularly in light of his views on withdrawing reservation benefits from Dalits who had achieved a degree of economic advancement.
In a separate statement, the BSP chief expressed concern over Thursday’s attack on Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal at a gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded.
She called upon the Central and Maharashtra governments to treat the incident with the utmost seriousness and initiate stringent legal action against the attacker.
Badal, a former Punjab deputy chief minister, suffered an injury to his hand after being attacked with a kirpan. Nanded Superintendent of Police Neelabh Rohan said the alleged assailant, identified as a Nihang Sikh, had been taken into custody.
With PTI inputs
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