Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on April 14 accused the Opposition parties of hatching a conspiracy to discredit and malign the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and dared Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav to prove the latest allegations of corruption levelled against her.

Addressing a massive "pardafash" rally at the sprawling Ambedkar Maidan, the Chief Minister alleged the SP, Congress and other Opposition parties had embarked upon an exercise to "malign and discredit" the BSP and had released, what she claimed to be, "doctored and tampered" CDs (compact discs) under a "well-planned political conspiracy".

Making a frontal attack on SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati claimed "the SP edited the tapes to suit their interests and to present it in such a fashion so that it could appear that she had asked her MPs and MLAs to donate a part of their funds coming under Sansad and Vidhayak Nidhi for the party coffers".

Yadav must tender an apology if allegations levelled by him are wrong, she said.

PTI