Overview

• On July 7, BSP president Mayawati urged the Election Commission of India to take immediate cognisance of Gopal Khemka’s murder in Patna and ensure a secure election environment.
• She highlighted a recent spike in caste-based atrocities, murders and exploitation targeting Dalits, backward classes, women and the poor during the state’s special voter list revision.
• A Special Investigation Team supported by Patna Police and the Bihar STF is actively probing the killing of the BJP industrialist outside his home in Gandhi Maidan locality.
• Mayawati demanded strict measures to prevent misuse of government machinery as well as muscle and money power ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
• She reaffirmed that the Bahujan Samaj Party will contest the Bihar polls independently, relying solely on its cadre and well-wishers.