Dalits, Muslims treated worse than animals in Mumbai slums: Mayawati

She also attacked BJP leader Narendra Modi. “BJP has chosen a candidate for the PM's post whose Gujarat government has been blamed for post Godhra riots in 2002. If such a person becomes the prime minister of this country even by mistake, then our country will witness communal riots anytime,” Mayawati said.

She said that when her government was in power in Uttar Pradesh, she never let atrocities take place against any particular caste.

“Our government did not let any atrocities happen to people of any caste and people who committed any such crimes were put behind bars without delay,” she said.

“Once we form a government in Maharashtra, we will provide two rooms, pucca apartments to people who don't have a proper house, so that our people don't have to live a life worse than animals,” Mayawati said, adding that while her government was in power in Uttar Pradesh, the BSP made pucca homes available to people who didn't have proper houses.

Criticising the ruling government at the Centre, Mayawati said that even upper caste people have not been doing too well financially, but the government paid no heed to BSP's requests for special reservation to such people.

“We have seen that upper caste people are also financially in bad shape. Therefore, we wrote to the government to give special reservations to them and Muslims, but the government has not respond so far,” she said.

“During elections, opposition parties will try and malign BSP's name. Be careful of them. Also do not get distracted by parties who use the media to show their condition to be much better than they actually are,” she said.