Attacking the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party said on Tuesday that the Mayawati-led party was a "B-team" of Bharatiya Janata Party and the two parties were hand in glove with each other.
"The BJP's candidate for Lucknow Lalji Tandon has recently stated that his party has helped Mayawati come to power three times earlier in the state and now she should reciprocate the favour. This clearly shows that both the parties are hand in glove with each other," SP general secretary Amar Singh said in New Delhi.
"The BSP has named Mukhtar Ansari as its candidate in Varanasi, while Murli Manohar Joshi is BJP's candidate there.The Hindu and Muslim votes will get polarised there and Joshi will win," Singh claimed.
"Similarly the BJP has declared its leader Ramakant Yadav's son as the candidate from Ghazipur. With Afzal