The Bahujan Samaj Party will struggle the upcoming Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand elections alone, celebration chief Mayawati stated on Sunday amid stories of tie-ups.
Mayawati’s clarification comes amid stories of BSP, former UP Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar-led Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) coming collectively below the umbrella of Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha to contest 2022 UP meeting polls.
There was buzz in political circles thar Mayawati and AIMIM head Asaduddin Owaisi have held a number of rounds of talks and the latter is coming to Lucknow subsequent month to formalise the alliance.
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Taking to Twitter, Mayawati refuted media stories of a tie-up, saying BSP would go it alone within the polls.
1. मीडिया के एक न्यूज चैनल में कल से यह खबर प्रसारित की जा रही है कि यूपी में आगामी विधानसभा आमचुनाव औवेसी की पार्टी AIMIM व बीएसपी मिलकर लड़ेगी। यह खबर पूर्णतः गलत, भ्रामक व तथ्यहीन है। इसमें रत्तीभर भी सच्चाई नहीं है तथा बीएसपी इसका जोरदार खण्डन करती है। 1/2— Mayawati (@Mayawati) June 27, 2021
The BSP has been going through a disaster simply months forward of polls after the celebration expelled two senior leaders, state legislature celebration chief Lalji Verma and former state celebration president Ramachal Rajbhar from the celebration for anti-party actions.
Verma and Rajbhar, each senior OBC leaders of the celebration and ministers within the erstwhile Mayawati authorities, are legislators from Ambedkar Nagar district of East UP.
This comes after the celebration’s dismal efficiency in just lately concluded Panchayat polls within the state. BSP carried out badly within the panchayat polls, ending a distant third behind BJP and SP.
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There had been additionally stories of Mayawati’s trusted aide Satish Chandra Mishra rising because the thorn within the flesh of the 11 celebration MLAs who’ve been sacked by Mayawati over the previous two years, with most of them accusing Mishra of creating the variations and deceptive her.
Just eight months forward of polls, it’s crunch time for Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh that was a crucible for the rise and empowerment of the Scheduled Castes, shepherded by the BSP, its late founder Kanshi Ram, and his protégé Mayawati who turned the state’s first Dalit chief minister with an absolute majority within the legislature. Mayawati is never seen or heard besides on Twitter and the BSP’s once-indomitable organisation is nearly “dysfunctional”, admitted insiders.
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