NEW DELHI, OCT 03 :
BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday ruled out any alliance with the Congress and announced that her party will fight the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan alone.
Mayawati unleashed a scathing attack on the Congress and accused the party of trying to crush the BSP. She also questioned the Congress’s intentions of defeating the BJP.
“Congress leaders like Digvijaya Singh do not wish for a Congress-BSP alliance. They are afraid of agencies like ED, CBI,” Mayawati said at a press conference.
“Digvijaya Singh, who is also a BJP agent, is giving statements that Mayawati ji has a lot of pressure from Centre so she doesn’t want this alliance. This is baseless,” the BSP chief said.
“I feel that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi’s intentions for Congress-BSP alliance are honest. However, some Congress leaders are sabotaging this,” Mayawati said.
Reacting to Mayawati’s announcement, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said, “At times, out of emotions, sweet and bitter things are said. But at last, if Mayawati ji holds absolute trust in Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, then other creases can be ironed out.”
Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Mayawati said the party has become arrogant and thinks it can defeat the BJP alone. “However, people are angry with the Congress as much as they are with the BJP,” she said. has been routed in the country and yet it thinks that it can defeat the BJP alone,” she said taking a dig.Citing the result of Gujarat elections, Mayawati said that the Congress does not seem to have learnt its lessons. “In Karnataka we tied up with regional party. In Chhattisgarh too, we did the same. Now, we have decided to go alone in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. We may go with regional parties there but certainly not with the Congress,” she said.
Mayawati had earlier announced that the BSP will tie up with Ajit Jogi’s party for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls.
