'Sonia-Maya spat case of erratic personal chemistry'

Agencies Posted: Oct 16, 2008 at 1021 hrs
New Delhi, October 16: BJP termed the spat between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and BSP supremo Mayawati as an interesting case of "fluctuating personal chemistry".

"It is nothing but an interesting case of fluctuating personal chemistry between two important ladies of Indian politics," party spokesperson Ravi Shanker Prasad told

reporters.

The party however maintained that politics should not hinder development.

"There should be institutional respect and development should not be a casualty in political enmity," Prasad added.

The war of words over the Rae Bareli coach factory land escalated with Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday hitting back at Sonia Gandhi accusing her of enacting a "drama of going to jail" and worrying only about Rae Bareli and Amethi and not Uttar Pradesh.

A day after Gandhi visited Rae Bareli and accused Mayawati government of putting hurdles in development projects in her constituency and the state, the Chief Minister said the Congress president and her party were doing all this to gain "political mileage" ahead of Lok Sabha elections.