BSP national president Mayawati on Monday announced that she will re-think her party’s outside support to the Congress governments of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan if these government do not immediately withdraw the cases lodged against Dalits during the April 2 ‘Bharat Bandh’.

“The newly-installed Congress governments in these states should now not only withdraw these cases but quash them urgently. Else the BSP would be forced to reconsider its outside support to these governments,” Mayawati said.

In a press statement, Mayawati said the anti-Dalit BJP governments in these states had lodged false cases against innocent Dalits during the Bharat Bandh to press for restoration of the amendments to the SC/ST Act and demand for reservation in promotion.

According to her, this should be a priority of the Congress government for the welfare of the Dalits and tribal communities.She also urged the Congress government to speedily fulfil the promises made to the farmers and unemployed.