Maya taken to court for Gandhi remark

Two Delhi-based advocates have dragged Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati to the Supreme Court for her derogatory remarks against the Father of Nation. Satya Prakash reports.

Two Delhi-based advocates have dragged Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati to the Supreme Court for her derogatory remarks against the Father of Nation.

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They accusing her of violating constitutional provisions that required every citizen to follow the noble ideals that inspired the freedom struggle.

Last month, Mayawati had called Mahatma Gandhi a natakbaaz and his concern for Dalits a ‘drama’. She had condemned both the Father of Nation and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for allegedly being insincere about the improvement in socio-economic conditions of Dalits.

In their public interest litigation, advocates Ravi Kant and Sukumar said Mayawati violated fundamental duties contained in Article 50 A of the Constitution that required every citizen to abide by the Constitution and follow the noble ideals that inspired the freedom struggle.