BSP-BJP alliance not potential, ideologies reverse, says Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati asserted on Monday that her social gathering would by no means enter into an alliance with the BJP within the meeting or the Lok Sabha elections, highlighting that the ideology of the 2 events had been “opposite”.

Her clarification got here amid hypothesis over her final week’s assertion that the BSP would vote for the BJP or some other social gathering’s candidate to make sure defeat of the Samajwadi Party contenders in future elections, together with these of the Uttar Pradesh legislative council and the Rajya Sabha.

Ms. Mayawati alleged that the SP and the Congress had been misusing her latest assertion in order that the Muslim group distances itself from the BSP.

“The alliance of the BJP with the BSP is not possible in any polls in the future. The BSP cannot contest with the communal party,” she stated in a media briefing.

“Our ideology is of ‘sarvajan sarva dharma hitay’ (benefit of everyone and all religions)’ and is opposite to the BJP’s ideology,” she stated. “The BSP cannot enter into an alliance with those having communal, casteist and capitalist ideology.”

Ms. Mayawati stated she would moderately take ‘sanyas’ (retirement) from politics than ally with such events. “I will fight on all fronts with the communal, casteist and capitalist forces, and not going to bow before anyone,” she added.

The BSP chief reiterated that her social gathering would make sure the defeat of the SP’s second candidate in future Uttar Pradesh legislative council polls.

“Our party will support the candidate of any party, including the BJP, which is strong to defeat the second candidate of the SP,” she stated. “I stand by my earlier statement, which is misused by the SP and the Congress for political gains so that the Muslim community distances itself from the party.”

She accused the SP and the Congress of making an attempt to make sure that Muslims did not vote for the BSP within the bypolls to seven meeting seats in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, including that they might not achieve success on this endeavour.

“Everyone knows that the BSP is party of an ideology and movement, and I never compromised it even when I formed the government with the BJP,” Ms. Mayawati stated, including that she had “sacrificed” her authorities however by no means harmed the Muslim group.

“There was no Puucho-Muslim riots in my regime. History is witness to it. Under the SP and the Congress governments, there were many Puucho-Muslim riots,” she stated.

Ms. Mayawati underscored that she gave satisfactory illustration to the Muslims when her social gathering was in energy, as she additionally identified that the social gathering had given tickets to 2 candidates from the group within the by-elections.