BJP misleading people before UP election: Mayawati

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement alleging BSP-SP are hand in glove as “politically motivated”, BSP supremo Mayawati today said BJP and its leader are misleading people before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. “Though the dates of the elections have not been announced as yet but the Prime Minister, like his party, are involved in misleading and wrong publicity,” she said.

“Prime Minister is doing this in view of the bad shape of his party in the state but by saying that BSP and SP are hand in glove he has made a mockery of himself”, Mayawati said, adding that Modi’s statement was “politically motivated” to divert people’s attention from failure to fulfil poll promises.

The BSP chief said ever since 1995 State Guest House incident in which SP leadership had committed the “unpardonable crime” of attacking her, there had been no political contact with that party at any level. “Since then ,BSP has always opposed SP’s criminal face, work and character and never paid heed to any political and electoral gain or loss in this regard,” she said.

Mayawati said the reality is that it is the BJP and SP who are hand in glove with each other and help each other by induging in politics of riots and communal tension. “It is known to all how Mulayam Singh had been in direct contact with Jan Sangh and its present form BJP since 1967, 1977 and 1989 and contested elections with them… Recently both of them contested the Bihar Assembly polls against the secular forces,” she said.