LUCKNOW:
BSP president
Mayawati on Tuesday took a swipe at the
Congress and the Samajwadi Party after
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's visit to Sonbhadra, saying their leaders should "stop shedding
crocodile tears" and instead work towards restoring the land to the tribals.
"According to the victims of the Sonbhadra case, first the land mafia of Congress and
SP grabbed their land, following which many of the tribals were killed," she said in a series of tweets in Hindi.
"Instead of shedding crocodile tears, the SP and Congress leaders should now come forward to restore the land to the tribals so that this could be corrected," Mayawati said.
Her statement came as Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Umbha village to meet the families of the 10 Gond tribals who were gunned down on July 17 over a land dispute.