Chandigarh May 2 : Mr Chaman Lal Valmiki, Minster of state for fisheries in Uttarakhand today said the social, economical and political interests of the Valmiki community are safe only in the hands of BJP. He was in town to campaign for Mr Satya Pal Jain, BJP candidate for Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Addressing media persons in Chandigarh Press Club, Mr Valmiki accused Congress party of deliberately ignoring the problems of the dalit community and said it has always schemed to get their votes.

He said Congress never wanted that dalit communities should advance in social, economical and political spheres. That is the reason why even after 60 years of Congress rule in various parts of the country the condition of dalits is pitiable and they are compelled to resort to dharna etc before the parliament.

They sat in dharna before the Congress bhawan at Chandigarh for eight months. He accused UPA chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi of ignoring dalit interests.

Mr Sanjeev Gharu, acting president of Chandigarh valmiki sabha, put Congress party in the dock for not solving the problem related to issue of Scheduled caste certificate in Chandigarh.

He said senior BJP leader Mrs Sushma Swaraj wrote to the then Union Home minister a number of times about this problem, but due to the dirty politics of the Congress party the matter is still pending and Mr Bansal, the local MP and minister has nothing to say on this.