While Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati kept her 63rd birthday celebrations modest, some of her supporters went all out on their chief's special day.
At an event organized by BSP workers at Uttar Pradesh's Amroha, a grand 63 kg cake was ordered, which was eventually attacked and later mauled by the guests.
Instead of waiting for their share, people went straight for the cake and were seen on camera grabbing chunks of it with their hands and even throwing it at their friends.
Towards the end of the video, one can see how, both the cake and the people on the stage fell off it.
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In another part of the state, BSP legislator from Pathariyan Ram Bai Singh and other party workers threw a grand party for the people of Damoh to celebrate Mayawati's birthday.
On the occasion, bar dancers were called in to perform who grooved on regional songs like Teri Aakhya Ka Yo Kajal, among others.
A huge cake was also cut and distributed among people.
Mayawati, on the other hand, rang in her birthday by appealing to workers of her party and the Samajwadi Party to forget their past differences and fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
On Saturday, the BSP and the SP announced an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to unitedly fight the BJP.
"Forget past differences and ensure the victory of all joint candidates of the SP and the BSP. This will be my ideal birthday gift," Mayawati said at a press conference on the occasion of her 63rd birthday.
SP president Akhilesh Yadav later visited the BSP chief and presented her with a bouquet and a shawl on her birthday.
Mayawati said Uttar Pradesh, which is India's largest state, will decide who will be the next prime minister.
"UP decides who will come to power at the Centre and who will be the prime minister. The BSP and the SP must fight together, setting aside their differences and ensure the victory of all 'gathbandhan' (alliance) candidates," she said, apparently hinting at her prime ministerial ambitions.
The BSP president, who had spelled out the reasons of keeping the Congress out of the alliance on Saturday, did not spare it, asking the party to understand that "popular declarations will not help them anymore".
"Fingers have already been raised at the Congress government over the loan waiver scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, and people are asking as to why the cut off dates for it has been fixed for March 31 when it should have been December 17, 2018, when the new government took over," she said.
"Also, these governments are only waiving loans up to Rs 2 lakh and this will not help farmers in any manner," Mayawati said.
She called for a one-time waiver of the entire loan which would check farmers' suicides as well as resolve all their problems.
Asking the state and central governments to prepare a long-term plan for resolving the problems of farmers, she said the farmers believe that implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations will help overcome their plight.
Favoring 10 per cent reservation for the poor among the upper castes, Mayawati said Muslims and other religious minorities will not have much benefit till the narrow-minded thinking continues.
She said at the time of Independence, the representation of Muslims in government jobs was about 33 per cent, which she claimed has now come down to two to three per cent.
The BSP supremo said her party has been demanding 10 per cent for Muslims.
Mayawati said the BJP government's alleged failure to fulfill poll promises has become the real election issue which is working against it.
Referring to the demonetization, she alleged that this aggravated the problems of the common people and had adverse impact on the economy.
Mayawati also spoke about the problems arising over defense deals such as Bofors and Rafale.
She called for a proper mechanism in consultation with the opposition parties for all defense purchases to avoid fiascos which have not only harmed the image of the country but has also been dragged in the courts.
Mayawati termed as unfortunate the controversy over the caste of Lord Hanuman.
"The BJP and the RSS people are not only indulging in politics over religion but are also encouraging those who are using gods to serve their political interests as a result of which the BJP people are in a race to assign caste to the gods. This is unfortunate," she said.
The BSP supremo alleged that the BJP is misusing the CBI and other investigating agencies for its political interests and the latest example of this is SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who may face a CBI probe in a case of illegal mining.
The SP and the BSP had formed an alliance in 1993 to stop the BJP's winning spree after the Ram temple movement. But the alliance ended in 1995 after the infamous Meera Bai Marg guest house incident wherein SP workers misbehaved with Mayawati.
(With inputs from PTI)
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