Congress leader Udit Raj sought protection from Delhi Police, alleging a threat from BSP leader Akash Anand and other party workers. He wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner saying that there is a news clip in circulation on the YouTube Channel ‘Bahujan Dastak’ wherein an interviewer has been exhorting the public at large to slit his throat. Raj’s remarks sparked a strong backlash from Mayawati, who said, \”The Congress, which has always rejected Bhimrao Ambedkar’s struggle for the self-respect and self-esteem of millions of oppressed Dalits and Bahujans, can never be true to his thinking and policies\” He is also the National Chairman of All India Unorganised Workers and Employees Congress (KKC) and Chairman of Dalit, OBC, Minority and Adivasi Parisangh (DOMAParisangh) The controversy erupted after Uditaj’s remarks on February 17 during an event in Lucknow, where he suggested that Mayawiti should be \”throttled\” for allegedly stifling social welfare movements.
