<p class="title rtejustify">BSP chief Mayawati today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of indulging in "politics of vote bank" by remembering Saint Kabir Das ahead of 2019 general elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"When the Lok Sabha elections are just round the corner, the prime minister is remembering Kabir Das... Is it not petty politics of vote bank," the BSP president said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayawati ridiculed Modi's visit to the 'nirvan sthal', the mausoleum of Kabir in Maghar earlier in the day where he held a public rally and laid the foundation stone of an academy named after 15th century mystic poet.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"Kabir Das is in the hearts of people... BJP should desist from indulging in politics for gaining cheap publicity," the BSP chief said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The former UP chief minister further alleged that massive funds were spent on Modi's event at Maghar, where Kabir breathed his last and was buried.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"For laying the foundation stone of the Kabir Das academy to be set up at a cost of Rs 24 crores, almost as much money was spent on the function and its publicity by the BJP," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The programme was an effort to hoodwink the people of the backward eastern region of the state, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"What happened to the big dreams of achchey din and promises specially made by Narendra Modi before the last Lok Sabha elections," she asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayawati said that it was her government which had created a new district in honour of Kabir and proposed the idea of dividing the state into four parts to ensure overall development.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Development of the state's eastern region was not possible without the creation of a separate eastern part for which her government had got a resolution passed which is still pending with the Centre, she said. </p>
<p class="title rtejustify">BSP chief Mayawati today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of indulging in "politics of vote bank" by remembering Saint Kabir Das ahead of 2019 general elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"When the Lok Sabha elections are just round the corner, the prime minister is remembering Kabir Das... Is it not petty politics of vote bank," the BSP president said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayawati ridiculed Modi's visit to the 'nirvan sthal', the mausoleum of Kabir in Maghar earlier in the day where he held a public rally and laid the foundation stone of an academy named after 15th century mystic poet.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"Kabir Das is in the hearts of people... BJP should desist from indulging in politics for gaining cheap publicity," the BSP chief said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The former UP chief minister further alleged that massive funds were spent on Modi's event at Maghar, where Kabir breathed his last and was buried.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"For laying the foundation stone of the Kabir Das academy to be set up at a cost of Rs 24 crores, almost as much money was spent on the function and its publicity by the BJP," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The programme was an effort to hoodwink the people of the backward eastern region of the state, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"What happened to the big dreams of achchey din and promises specially made by Narendra Modi before the last Lok Sabha elections," she asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayawati said that it was her government which had created a new district in honour of Kabir and proposed the idea of dividing the state into four parts to ensure overall development.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Development of the state's eastern region was not possible without the creation of a separate eastern part for which her government had got a resolution passed which is still pending with the Centre, she said. </p>