BSP will vote for BJP to defeat SP in MLC polls: Maya

Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday said that her party will vote for Bharatiya Janata Party or any party's candidate in future Uttar Pradesh MLC elections, to defeat the Samajwadi Party's second candidate.

Speaking to ANI, Mayawati said, "We have decided that to defeat the SP candidate in future MLC elections in UP, we will put all our force and even if we have to give our vote to BJP candidate or any party candidate, will do it. Any party candidate, who will be dominant over the SP's 2nd candidate, will get all the BSP MLAs' vote for sure."

The former UP chief minister asserted that the SP has insulted the Brahmin community of Uttar Pradesh by insulting Satish Chandra Mishra, the BSP’s national general secretary.

She said that dropping the 1995 case against Samajwadi Party was a "big mistake".

The BSP chief further stated that when the BSP saw the Samajwadi Party's behaviour towards them after the Lok Sabha election results, the BSP realised that they have committed a big mistake by taking back their June 1995 case against them.

"We should not have joined hands with them. We should have thought a bit deeply. We took the wrong decision in haste. We committed a very big mistake by doing so," she added.

"I want to disclose that when we decided to contest polls with SP for Lok Sabha elections in UP, we worked very hard for it but from day one of our coalition the SP chief kept telling SC Mishra that since the BSP-SP had joined hands, I should take back my June 1995 case," said Mayawati.

"Our party had joined hands with the SP to fight communal forces during the Lok Sabha elections. Due to their family infighting, they could not gain much from the 'Gatbandhan' with BSP. They stopped responding to us post-elections and hence, we decided to part ways with them," she added.