MAYAWATI, BSP SUPREMO: Speaking a rally in Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh Mayawati hit out at the BJP alleging that the saffron party opposed the Mandal Commission recommendations for the uplift and reservations for Dalits. "BJP hates Dalits and backwards. When recommendations of Mandal commission were being implemented in the country at that time BJP opposed it," she alleged while addressing an election rally in support of party candidate Lalji Verma.