Other States - Uttar Pradesh   

Mayawati to `devote more time' in U.P. after Bihar polls

A BSP worker sporting a headgear depicting his party symbol `elephant' at a workers meeting which was addressed by its national president Mayawati in Lucknow on Wednesday.

LUCKNOW, DEC. 29. The BSP supreme and former U.P. Chief Minister, Mayawati, today announced that after the Bihar assembly polls she would "devote more time" in the State to boost the cadre morale following defeat of party candidates in the recent Lok Sabha by-polls in Uttar Pradesh.

"The situation in U.P. is very bad and the masses are fed up with the misrule of the Mulayam Singh Yadav government," she said, adding that BSP was the only alternative in the State after the Congress and BJP had "fled" the battleground.

Addressing a party workers meeting here, Ms. Mayawati also asked BSP workers not to worry about the outcome of the by-election results. "Misuse of government machinery and failure of the Election Commission in ensuring free and fair polls led to the loss of BSP candidates," she claimed. The BSP leader observed that the woes of the people and the `Bahujan Samaj' could end only when she became the U.P. Chief Minister. Ms. Mayawati also announced that Independent MP from Padrauna, Baleshwar Yadav had joined the party along with former Rajya Sabha member D.P. Yadav.

"Now I have pledged to take the Mulayam government head-on and work towards dislodging it," she asserted.

Blaming the BJP and Congress for conniving with the Samajwadi Party in U.P., the BSP chief alleged that BJP was behind the formation of Mulayam government, while Congress was supporting it.

"Both Congress and BJP are hand-in-glove with the SP and are equally responsible for the misrule in U.P.," she added.

Commenting on the recent statement of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying BJP could join hands with the SP in the national interest, she said such statements prove that both parties had some 'secret pact' and were misleading people by trading charges.

The BSP chief, who had earlier resolved to shift her focus to national politics, said after the February Assembly elections in three States, she would be concentrating on Uttar Pradesh and would make all out effort to become the Chief Minister for the fourth time. Ms. Mayawati asked party workers not to get intimidated by the `mafias in the Samajwadi Party ' as the BSP too was now well equipped to deal with them.

"If they have people like Raja Bhaiya (Raghuraj Pratap Singh) we too have now brought leaders like D.P. Yadav to give a befitting reply," she added.

-- PTI

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Other States

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

Mayawati to `devote more time' in U.P. after Bihar polls

Copyright © 2004, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu