Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on May 14 accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misusing government machinery for winning the local body polls and claimed if elections were held through ballot paper, BSP would have “definitely won the mayoral election as well”.
“BSP is not going to sit silently due to the misuse of government machinery by BJP in the Uttar Pradesh urban body polls, when the time comes, BJP will surely get its answer,” Ms. Mayawati, former four-time U.P. Chief Minister, posted on Twitter.
She further alleged that both the BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) were similar in this. “By the way, whether it is the BJP or the SP, both the parties are no less than each other in winning such elections by misusing the power, due to which the ruling party wins most of the seats by rigging, and this time also the same happened in this election. This is very thought provoking,” Ms. Mayawati said.
“Heartiest gratitude and thanks to the people for trusting BSP and voting for the party candidates in the face of all adverse circumstances. Had this election also been free and fair, the picture of the results would have been different. If elections were held through ballot paper, BSP would have definitely won the mayoral election as well,” Ms. Mayawati added.
In the U.P. urban body polls, whose results were declared on May 13, the BSP stood second on seven out of 17 Mayoral seats, with the ruling BJP emerging victorious on all 17. In the tally of 1,420 corporators’ seats, the BSP stood third by winning 85 seats, while the BJP won over 800 seats and the SP bagged 191. In the tally of Chairpersons of Nagar Palika Parishads, the BSP won 16 out of 199 posts, while the BJP won 89.
