BSP workers demanded arrest of Dayashankar Singh.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers today held a demonstration at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai, seeking arrest of BJP leader Dayashankar Singh for his derogatory comments against party chief Mayawati.
The protesters, led by state unit BSP president Vilas Garud, blocked traffic for few minutes before police dispersed them.
The workers raised slogans against Mr Singh, who has been expelled by BJP in the wake of his intemperate slur against the BSP chief, and also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and Maharshtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
"We Dalits are very much anguished over the sort of language used by Mr Singh against Mayawati. We want to tell them to refrain from using such derogatory comments in future," Mr Garud told a gathering at Azad Maidan.
Terming the central government "anti-Dalit", he said, "This government is on the rampage and committing atrocities on Dalits. The abusive words used against our great leader Mayawatiji is the example of it."
BSP workers also burnt posters of PM Modi as well as BJP's party flag while demanding arrest of Mr Singh.
"We want Singh to be arrested so that in near future nobody should dare to repeat such an act of abusive words against our leader," said Mr Garud.