Mayawati, the leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), declared on Sunday that if her party wins the national election, they will take decisive action to separate western Uttar Pradesh from the rest of the state.
Speaking at a rally in support of BSP candidate Dara Singh Prajapati for the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat, Mayawati added that the BJP’s chances of winning back the seat are extremely slim.
“You want western Uttar Pradesh to become a separate state. For this, concrete steps will be taken if our government comes to power at the Centre,” Mayawati told the gathering.
The BSP chief said if free and fair elections are held and voting machines are not tampered with, the BJP will not return to power this time.
“Most of the BJP’s time was spent on making wealthy businessmen wealthier and protecting them… The BJP and other parties run their organisations and contest elections with the support of these businesses. This was revealed by electoral bond data,” she added.
The former chief minister hit out at the BJP government for not recruiting people for vacant posts reserved for backward communities and making reservations in promotion redundant.
“In the last few years, with the BJP in power at the Centre and in most states, the progress of Muslims has stopped to a great extent. Violence in the name of religion has increased here,” Mayawati said, adding that poor people of the general category have also not received any benefits under the BJP’s rule.
Prajapati is up against the Samajwadi Party’s Harendra Singh Malik and the BJP’s Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (SP).
Prior to her gathering here, Mayawati spoke at a public gathering in the district of Saharanpur.
The first phase of Lok Sabha polls is scheduled for April 19 and will involve the eight parliamentary constituencies of Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.
On June 4, there will be a vote count.
The BS fought the 2019 Lok Sabha election in alliance with the SP and managed to secure victory on 10 seats.
The party has decided to go solo this time. The SP, Congress and the All India Trinamool Congress are contesting as part of the INDIA bloc and the BJP, Apna Dal (S), NISHAD party and the SBSP are part of the NDA alliance.
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