By PTI
LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday dominated out an alliance with any social gathering for the meeting polls in numerous states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. She additionally made a robust pitch for using poll papers in elections.
Key states of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana would go to polls this yr, apart from states from the northeast.
Speaking to reporters right here on her 67th birthday, the previous Uttar Pradesh chief minister mentioned, “I would like to make it clear that in the assembly elections of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and in the Lok Sabha elections, which will be held next year, the BSP will not forge a coalition with any party and will contest the polls on its own strength.”
Mayawati mentioned it grew to become needed for her to make the announcement because the Congress and another events, as a part of a “conspiracy”, are allegedly attempting to create an impression that they are going to be forging an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party.
“In electoral alliances forged once or twice in Uttar Pradesh and other states, barring Punjab, their (allies) votes were not transferred to us, due to which the BSP suffered losses,” she mentioned.
“Hence, our party has decided to contest the assembly polls and Lok Sabha polls on its own,” she mentioned.
The BSP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) had solid an alliance within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Of the alliance companions, the BSP was the most important gainer with 10 seats. Akhilesh Yadav’s SP received 5 seats and the smallest of the companions, Rashtriya Lok Dal, could not open its account.
Mayawati exuded confidence that her social gathering’s vote base is unbroken.
“As far as the vote base of the BSP is concerned, it has not eroded. But sometimes there are other sections such as OBCs, minorities and upper castes who get misled due to poll promises. The party had to suffer losses in the last elections,” she mentioned.
The BSP chief mentioned digital voting machines (EVMs) needs to be changed with poll papers.
“There are doubts in the minds of people regarding EVMs and there is an apprehension that they maybe prone to glitches,” she mentioned.
“The CEC (chief election commissioner) and the Centre should come forward and hold elections using ballot papers. It will be known how many voters are with them and how many voters are with us,” she mentioned.
Mayawati additional mentioned the BSP was shaped on April 14, 1984, and until the time poll papers had been utilized in elections, neither the social gathering’s vote share nor the help for it got here down and its seats additionally elevated.
“However, since EVMs started being used in elections, our vote percentage has been affected and there is some foul play,” she alleged.
Mayawati mentioned the BSP is a well-wisher of the folks of the ‘bahujan samaj’ and the principle purpose of her social gathering is to realize their social and financial targets by successful elections on the power of brotherhood of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Muslims.
Attacking Congress, BJP and SP over reservation, she mentioned they didn’t fulfil their constitutional obligations.
“The Congress, when it was in power, did not allow implementation of the Mandal Commission report and made SC/ST reservation ineffective. The BJP is following in the footsteps of the Congress in this case,” she mentioned.
“The Samajwadi Party authorities within the state didn’t give rights to the folks from the extraordinarily backward castes and cheated them. The SP authorities eliminated 17 castes from the OBC record and put them on the SC record resulting from which they had been disadvantaged of OBC reservation.
“The SP government ended reservation in promotion in the state and tore the bill in the Parliament,” she mentioned.
LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday dominated out an alliance with any social gathering for the meeting polls in numerous states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. She additionally made a robust pitch for using poll papers in elections.
Key states of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana would go to polls this yr, apart from states from the northeast.
Speaking to reporters right here on her 67th birthday, the previous Uttar Pradesh chief minister mentioned, “I would like to make it clear that in the assembly elections of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and in the Lok Sabha elections, which will be held next year, the BSP will not forge a coalition with any party and will contest the polls on its own strength.”
Mayawati mentioned it grew to become needed for her to make the announcement because the Congress and another events, as a part of a “conspiracy”, are allegedly attempting to create an impression that they are going to be forging an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party.
“In electoral alliances forged once or twice in Uttar Pradesh and other states, barring Punjab, their (allies) votes were not transferred to us, due to which the BSP suffered losses,” she mentioned.
“Hence, our party has decided to contest the assembly polls and Lok Sabha polls on its own,” she mentioned.
The BSP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) had solid an alliance within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Of the alliance companions, the BSP was the most important gainer with 10 seats. Akhilesh Yadav’s SP received 5 seats and the smallest of the companions, Rashtriya Lok Dal, could not open its account.
Mayawati exuded confidence that her social gathering’s vote base is unbroken.
“As far as the vote base of the BSP is concerned, it has not eroded. But sometimes there are other sections such as OBCs, minorities and upper castes who get misled due to poll promises. The party had to suffer losses in the last elections,” she mentioned.
The BSP chief mentioned digital voting machines (EVMs) needs to be changed with poll papers.
“There are doubts in the minds of people regarding EVMs and there is an apprehension that they maybe prone to glitches,” she mentioned.
“The CEC (chief election commissioner) and the Centre should come forward and hold elections using ballot papers. It will be known how many voters are with them and how many voters are with us,” she mentioned.
Mayawati additional mentioned the BSP was shaped on April 14, 1984, and until the time poll papers had been utilized in elections, neither the social gathering’s vote share nor the help for it got here down and its seats additionally elevated.
“However, since EVMs started being used in elections, our vote percentage has been affected and there is some foul play,” she alleged.
Mayawati mentioned the BSP is a well-wisher of the folks of the ‘bahujan samaj’ and the principle purpose of her social gathering is to realize their social and financial targets by successful elections on the power of brotherhood of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Muslims.
Attacking Congress, BJP and SP over reservation, she mentioned they didn’t fulfil their constitutional obligations.
“The Congress, when it was in power, did not allow implementation of the Mandal Commission report and made SC/ST reservation ineffective. The BJP is following in the footsteps of the Congress in this case,” she mentioned.
“The Samajwadi Party authorities within the state didn’t give rights to the folks from the extraordinarily backward castes and cheated them. The SP authorities eliminated 17 castes from the OBC record and put them on the SC record resulting from which they had been disadvantaged of OBC reservation.
“The SP government ended reservation in promotion in the state and tore the bill in the Parliament,” she mentioned.
