Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday said her party will enter into any future poll alliance only if it gets a “respectable share” of the seats to contest on. Otherwise, she said, the party will contest alone.
Addressing the party’s national executive meeting, Mayawati said though talks on alliance with parties in UP and other states were on, workers should be ready for any situation. “The talks for coalition are on but the cadres should be prepared to keep the party flag high in all situations,” she said.
“We will tie up with a party only after getting a respectable number of seats, or else the party considers it better to contest alone,” she said at the BSP’s national convention in Lucknow.
Referring to alliance with arch rival Samajwadi Party, she said, “Time had come to oust BJP in national interest.” Giving strong indications that she is in no mood to let go of the party’s control in her lifetime, Mayawati said “when the party president will not be able to travel ahead in life due to age, he/she will don the role of national convener who would appoint the national president”.
Mayawati also made it clear that she would lead the BSP for the next 20 to 22 years and said that nobody needs to dream of becoming the party president. She even announced some amendments in the party constitution.
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