LUCKNOW, Oct. 2 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Friday targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP) over its Rajya Sabha nominations, questioning its claim of representing the PDA (Pichhda, Dalit and Alpsankhyak) while selecting candidates for the Upper House.

In a post on X, Mayawati said the BSP did not depend on family members, relatives or wealthy industrialists for electoral candidates or financial support, and instead gave opportunities to workers from poor, middle class and weaker sections.

She contrasted this with the SP, alleging that despite projecting itself as a socialist and PDA-based party, it continued to nominate family members and affluent candidates.

Mayawati specifically referred to the renomination of senior...