Mayawati rules out alliance

ROOPNAGAR, Nov 5: Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati today said that the party would contest the forthcoming assembly elections on its own....

ROOPNAGAR, Nov 5: Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati today said that the party would contest the forthcoming assembly elections on its own. Setting at rest all the speculations of alliance, she said, “The BSP is opposed to both the BJP and the Congress”.

Speaking to media persons at the canal rest house here, Mayawati, who was on a personal visit, lamented that transfer of votes in accordance with the pacts signed earlier with other parties had always proved one sided. “The votes of other parties were never transferred to the BSP,” she said.

Terming the BJP as a “party of hoarders”, Mayawati said, “let there be fresh elections in UP, the BJP would be wiped out.” Accusing the BJP of shielding traders, Mayawati attributed the overall price rise of essential commodities to the hoarders.

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Referring to the Udham Singh Nagar issue, Mayawati said that it was for the Akali Dal to see what course of action would they adopt in case the district was merged with the proposed hill state.Answering a question, Mayawati, who had accorded district status to Udham Singh Nagar during her tenure as the CM of Uttar Pradesh said, “Let the people of Udham Singh Nagar decide which way to go.” She said that thedistrict was named after the Sikh hero and not the BSP leader as was being made out by several BJP leaders.

Udham Singh was also a member of Backward Class, she said and added,“the reservation policy should continue till the gulf between the upper and lower castes narrows”.

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