Mathura violence: Amid attack on SP-BJP, Mayawati demands CBI probe

BSP Supremo Mayawati on Thursday again raised a demand of CBI probe in Mathura violence, also blamed SP and BJP for being ignorant during the situation of crisis.

Taking advantage of the situation she also campaigned for her party and claimed if she returns to power then all criminals will be lodged behind bars.

A couple of days back she had asked Centre to take proper constitutional and legal action against the Akhilesh Yadav government.

"The Centre should stop making statements and instead take proper constitutional and legal action against the SP government," she said.

"It is a known fact that encroachment on government land and those staging dharna had government patronisation, otherwise it would not have remained silent for two years. Laxity on the part of the Centre and its intelligence agencies is no less," the BSP supremo claimed.

Accusing SP and BJP of having "tacit understanding" in view of state Assembly elections next year, she questioned as to why the Centre has not taken initiative for a CBI inquiry into the Mathura clashes as it did during Malda violence in West Bengal.

(with inputs from PTI)