LUCKNOW, September 5: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today criticised the Kalyan Singh government's decision to reverse the names of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj nagar and Mahamaya Nagar to their original name and said ``the government has exposed its real face which is totally anti-dalit.''The BSP leader told news-persons here that the dalits, backwards and followers of Gautam Buddha, after whose mother Hathras was renamed as Mahamaya Nagar, would ``avenge this humiliation in the next assembly elections.''
The BSP leader also charged the Chief Minister with ``misleading'' the dalits and backwards, stating the announcement to start a scholarship in Shahuji Maharaj's name was just an eyewash.
Kalyan Singh had yesterday reversed the decision taken by the former Chief Minister Mayawati and restored the original names of both these districts. Mayawati also contested the claims of Kalyan Singh that historical and cultural significance of these regions were ignored by her while renaming thesedistricts.
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