BSP to go alone in UP, U’khand polls

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BSP to go alone in UP, U’khand polls

Saturday, 16 January 2021 | PNS | Lucknow

Bahujan Samaj Party has decided to contest the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand  alone. Party chief Mayawati made an announcement to this effect while addressing party cadres at a simple function to mark her 65th birthday in Lucknow on Friday. She also promised a free Corona vaccine for all if the BSP was voted to power in these states.

On her birthday, Mayawati also urged the Centre to concede to the demands of farmers, who have been protesting against three Farm laws for the last two months on Delhi borders.

The BSP chief said, “Our party is committed to bettering the lives of the poor and the neglected which is why we were able to form government in UP four times. But casteist, capitalist and myopic opposition parties did not like it and hence united against the BSP and conspired to stop us from coming to power. Now these parties are busy dividing votes of the weaker sections of the society.”

Mayawati further said, “Our party workers have to overcome all obstacles and work for these deprived sections, they have to be positive and work for the people to ensure a return to power like in 2002.”

“The Assembly polls are due in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the near future. The BSP wants to make it clear that unlike in Bihar Assembly pollls and last Lok Sabha elections, the party will not form any alliance with any party. We will contest both UP and Uttarakhand Assembly polls on our own and form the governments,” she stressed.

The BSP could not win a single seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and it could bag only 19 seats in 2017 UP Assembly polls. However in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, it aligned with the Samajwadi Party and bagged 10 seats. After the last general elections, the two parties parted ways.

The BSP chief welcomed the Corona vaccination drive slated to start from Saturday and said that all citizens should be given the shot free of cost.

“If it is not done free of cost, the BSP will ensure free vaccination when it comes to power,” she promised. 

On the occasion , Mayawati also released a book named ‘A Travelogue of My Struggle Ridden Life and  BSP Movement - Vol 16’, and said that she would further strengthen the self respect of the cadre and movement of the party.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also wished the BSP chief on her birthday over phone on Friday morning. Several other leaders across party lines too greeted her on the occasion.

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