Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said on Friday that state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's derogatory remarks against her cannot be forgiven and that she will be punished.
Mayawati on Friday raised questions on why no action was taken against state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi by her party president Sonia Gandhi.
"No action has been taken against Rita at the party level. Sonia Gandhi also apologised after Rita's comments under duress," said Mayawati at a press conference.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief said that her party had decided not to disrupt Parliament over the issue, adding that legal action against the state Congress chief would go on.
"Rita may get a bail like Varun Gandhi, but she cannot be pardoned," she said.
Mayawati further said that Congress shouldn't think her party workers are weak.
"If I didn't stop BSP workers on Wednesday night, Congress workers would have gone underground," she said.
However, the UP Chief Minister requested her party workers not to protest violently.
Meanwhile, a court in Moradabad reserved order on the bail plea of Rita. She was arrested on Thursday in a midnight crackdown, shortly after her house in Lucknow was set ablaze, allegedly by BSP workers.
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