Four BSP candidates stand accused of crimes against Dalits

Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which was founded with the aim of empowering Dalits, has fielded as many as four candidates who are accused in criminal cases related to atrocities against the community, lodged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. One of them had been booked in connection with the murder of a Dalit.