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After RS setback, Mayawati says BSP's alliance with SP will continue

Day after Rajya Sabha debacle, Mayawati says BSP’s alliance with SP will continue till BJP is wiped out from UP

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Akhilesh had tweeted a photo to thank Raja Bhaiyya for support in RS polls
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BSP supremo Mayawati short-circuited BJP's celebrations on Saturday when she announced that the defeat of the party candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls will not make any impact on BSP's relations with the Samajwadi Party and the alliance between the two will continue till they wipe out BJP from Uttar Pradesh.

"The BJP & Co. should not get elated that the win of their ninth Rajya Sabha candidate will make any impact and break the BSP-SP new-found friendship. Our alliance will continue and we will cement it further before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls to defeat the BJP with all our might," declared Mayawati at a news conference in Lucknow.

Mayawati alleged that ever since BSP-backed Samajwadi Party defeated BJP in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls, the BJP and its leadership was using all tactics and pressure to separate the two parties. "BJP's Rajya Sabha win is no match to their defeat in two prestigious Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in bypolls," she said.

"They are unable to digest BSP-SP alliance and are making frantic attempts to break it. But we will not let them succeed in their nefarious designs. We will make the BSP-SP alliance larger and stronger ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls to make the BJP pay for its conspiracy against us," announced the BSP supremo.

She alleged that Modi-Yogi governments at the Centre and the state used all tactics including horse-trading and misuse of official machinery to wrest the Rajya Sabha seat from the BSP. "They had unleashed state-sponsored terrorism. Opposition MLAs were terrorised in the name of police, CBI and ED for cross-voting. I congratulate Samajwadi Party and Congress MLAs who stood united and supported the BSP candidate despite pressure," she said.

Clean chit in 1995 case

Surprisingly, Mayawati also gave a clean chit to Akhilesh Yadav in the June 2, 1995 State Guest House case in which she and her MLAs were holed up and attacked by Samajwadi party goons after BSP withdrew support from then Mulayam government. "Akhilesh had not even entered into politics at that time. He has nothing to do with that episode," she clarified.

She alleged that if BJP was serious about saving her life during the June 2, 1995 State Guest House case, then the Yogi government would not have appointed OP Singh as the new DGP of the state. Singh was SSP in Lucknow when the incident had taken place. He was accused of helping the SP goons kidnap BSP MLAs by turning blind eye and deploying police personnel of a particular caste.

"The BJP had conspired to eliminate me during my visit to Saharanpur after riots. I fear that they are again hatching a similar conspiracy after making O.P. Singh the new DGP of the state," she alleged.

She, however, looked upset with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) whose MLA deliberately got his vote held invalid to support the BJP indirectly. "The RLD leadership should take note of it. We will review our future relations with the RLD," she said.

On including Congress into the joint opposition front, Mayawati gave positive response thanking the party for keeping its flock together and supporting the BSP candidate with all seven votes. "Our relations with the Congress have always been very cordial. We supported their government at the Centre and helped them in any crisis they faced," she said giving broad hints of including Congress into joint opposition front against the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

On Yogi government's quota within quota move, the BSP supremo said that her party would welcome any such move in the interest of dalits and backwards.

Deletes tweet

Mayawati issued a word of caution to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. "If I was him I would have made the BSP candidate win at the cost of his own party candidate. Akhilesh is still learning politics and is yet to attain political maturity. He was also taken for a ride by Raja Bhaiyya and gang," she pointed out.

Within minutes after Bua's word of caution on Raja Bhiayya alias Raghuraj Pratap Singh, Akhilesh Yadav deleted 'thank you' tweets from his Twitter account. He had tweeted a photo with Raja Bhaiyya and had thanked him for support in RS polls.

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