Rajya Sabha results not to affect SP-BSP tie up: Mayawati

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AMN / Lucknow

MayawatiBSP supremo Mayawati today made it clear that the defeat will not affect its ties with former archrival Samajwadi Paty. She termed BJP’s victory for the 10th Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh as “immoral”.

“I would like to tell BJP that their malpractices will not succeed in breaking the ties between SP and BSP. The poll results of Rajya Sabha have not affected the SP-BSP tie up in any way. Not even by an inch,” she told a press conference here.

Mayawati said that the Bharatiya Janata Party tried to show its win in Rajya Sabha polls as “revenge” for the defeat in the bypolls to the Gorakhapur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies but they forget that in Lok Sabha polls, people directly elect their representatives.

“This immoral victory cannot make up for their defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur. Even BJP is aware of this,” she said.

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah of misusing state machinary to make their candidates win, she said: “The BJP did not deter from indulging in malpractices. They exterted all their force to ensure that the BSP candidate does not win at any cost.

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also decried use of money, muscle power and state machinery by the state’s ruling party to win the elections but refused to blame the SP.