<p class="title">Apparently wary of a split in her core vote bank, BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday dubbed Scheduled Caste (SC) leader and Bhim Army president Chandrashekhar alias Ravan as BJP's "agent".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati asked her supporters to "beware of" the efforts by the BJP to split their votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections through people like Chandrashekhar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She tweeted saying that the BJP had propped up Chandrashekhar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BJP is behind Chandrashekhar's decision to contest from Varanasi Lok Seat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi... The BJP wants to split the Dalit votes to benefit Modi," Mayawati said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BSP leader also claimed that the Bhim Army had been formed on the direction of the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BJP tried to get Chandrashekhar included into the BSP but they failed," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati's remarks came a day after Chandrashekhar held a roadshow in Varanasi and declared that he would contest against Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandrashekhar shot into limelight after he led protest rallies of the SC community in Saharanpur following killing of two SC members allegedly by the 'Thakurs' during a procession last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had been arrested and the BJP government in the state had slapped the National Security Act (NSA).</p>.<p class="bodytext">It, however, took everyone by surprise by releasing him a few days ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had a few days back met Chandrashekhar at a hospital in Meerut, where he had been admitted after complaint of chest pain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati apparently fears that the SC leader, who has pockets of influence over the community in Saharanpur and the adjoining regions, may make a dent into her core vote bank.</p>
<p class="title">Apparently wary of a split in her core vote bank, BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday dubbed Scheduled Caste (SC) leader and Bhim Army president Chandrashekhar alias Ravan as BJP's "agent".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati asked her supporters to "beware of" the efforts by the BJP to split their votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections through people like Chandrashekhar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She tweeted saying that the BJP had propped up Chandrashekhar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BJP is behind Chandrashekhar's decision to contest from Varanasi Lok Seat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi... The BJP wants to split the Dalit votes to benefit Modi," Mayawati said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BSP leader also claimed that the Bhim Army had been formed on the direction of the BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The BJP tried to get Chandrashekhar included into the BSP but they failed," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati's remarks came a day after Chandrashekhar held a roadshow in Varanasi and declared that he would contest against Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandrashekhar shot into limelight after he led protest rallies of the SC community in Saharanpur following killing of two SC members allegedly by the 'Thakurs' during a procession last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had been arrested and the BJP government in the state had slapped the National Security Act (NSA).</p>.<p class="bodytext">It, however, took everyone by surprise by releasing him a few days ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had a few days back met Chandrashekhar at a hospital in Meerut, where he had been admitted after complaint of chest pain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati apparently fears that the SC leader, who has pockets of influence over the community in Saharanpur and the adjoining regions, may make a dent into her core vote bank.</p>