Mayawati calls Amroha MP Danish Ali ‘betrayer'

Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday accused Amroha MP and former BSP leader Danish Ali of "betraying" people of the constituency and the party.

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She also said that if electronic voting machines (EVMs) are not tampered with, it will be "difficult" for the ruling BJP to win the Lok Sabha polls this time. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister made the remarks while addressing separate election rallies in Amroha and Ghaziabad districts of western UP.

"The person who won on the BSP ticket did not took care of the people or their development. He betrayed the people and the party," Mayawati said in Amroha, without taking any name. Ali, who won the Lok Sabha seat in 2019 on a BSP ticket, was expelled from the party "for anti-party activities" in January this year. He later joined the Congress, which fielded him from Amroha.

Addressing the Amroha rally in support of BSP candidate Mujahid Hussain, Mayawati said, "A person from Muslim