BSP is not going to be silent on BJP’s misuse of govt tools in UP mayoral polls: Mayawati

The BSP had fielded mayoral candidates on all the 17 seats inside the state nonetheless none would possibly register a win.

LUCKNOW: A day after outcomes of the town native physique polls in Uttar Pradesh have been launched, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Sunday accused the ruling BJP of misusing authorities tools, and talked about her get collectively just isn’t going to sit down silently over it.

Refuting the allegations, spokesperson of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh Harishchandra Srivastava hit out on the BSP chief and talked about she is refusing to only settle for the truth that her get collectively has been rejected by the people.

The BJP on Saturday swept the mayoral elections inside the state, profitable the posts in all the 17 municipal companies in Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Meerut.

In a sequence of tweets in Hindi on Sunday, Mayawati talked about, “The BSP is not going to sit silently over the BJP’s misuse of government machinery.” She moreover accused the ruling get collectively of using any means (‘saam’, ‘daam’, ‘dand’, ‘bhed’) at its disposal, and talked about, “When the time comes, the BJP will definitely face the consequences.”

Thanking people for extending assist to her get collectively, the BSP chief talked about, “Gratitude and thanks to the people for reposing faith in the BSP and voting for its candidates despite facing a host of adverse circumstances. Had this election been free and fair, the results would have been something else. If the mayoral elections were conducted using ballot papers, the BSP would have won.”

The BSP had fielded mayoral candidates on all the 17 seats inside the state nonetheless none would possibly register a win.

“Whether it’s the BJP or the SP, both parties are equally adept at winning elections through misuse of power. This is why the ruling party often manages to secure more seats through manipulation, and this election was no different. It is a matter of great concern,” Mayawati added.

Earlier, addressing a press conference in Lucknow on April 10, Mayawati had batted for utilizing ballot papers inside the elections for mayors and corporators of municipal companies in Uttar Pradesh.

Countering Mayawati’s allegations, Srivastava instructed PTI, “BSP chief Mayawati ji’s tweet is a reflection of her utter frustration, in which she has refused to respect the mandate.” Instead of acknowledging that the BSP has been rejected by the people, she has generally known as the BJP’s victory a outcomes of manipulation, he talked about, together with that Mayawati was shying away from the truth.

Srivastava moreover thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for choosing good governance and development of the BJP over caste-based politics and corruption of the BSP, SP and the Congress.

In the 2017 municipal elections inside the state, 14 out of 16 mayoral seats have been obtained by the BJP, whereas the BSP had registered wins in Aligarh and Meerut.

This time in Meerut, the BJP’s Harikant Ahluwalia defeated his nearest rival Anas of the AIMIM.

The SP’s Seema Pradhan stood third, whereas the BSP stood fourth.

In Aligarh, BJP candidate Prashant Singhal defeated his nearest rival Zamir Ullah Khan of the SP, whereas the BSP’s Salman Shahid accomplished third.

Besides profitable all the 17 mayoral seats inside the Uttar Pradesh metropolis native physique polls, the BJP has moreover bagged 813 out of 1,420 seats inside the corporators class.

After nearly all of the outcomes have been launched on Saturday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked the people and congratulated BJP staff for forming a “triple-engine government” following the get collectively’s “biggest victory” inside the metropolis native physique polls.

The get collectively’s candidates obtained in Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Meerut.

Of these municipal companies, the BJP had repeated its candidates solely in Kanpur City, Bareilly and Moradabad.