BJP, SP giving communal hue to polarise voters: Maya

LUCKNOW : Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) of giving a Hindu-Muslim colour to electioneering to polarise voters in 2022 UP assembly polls, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday instructed her party cadre to visit cities, towns and villages across the state to warn people against such designs.

BSP chief called a meeting of the party leaders, office bearers, chief in-charges of party units in the 18 divisions and presidents of 75 district units in the party’s state unit office to review preparations all 403 assembly segments of the state.

Addressing a press conference at the party state unit office, the BSP chief said, “Along with alerting the people about the plan of the BJP and the SP to polarise the voters on communal lines, the party office bearers and workers have been directed to create awareness among the masses about the anti-people policies of the BJP, the SP and the Congress governments as well as to highlight the development and welfare projects launched by the four BSP governments (1995, 1997, 2002 and 2007) in Uttar Pradesh.”

“The party cadre should mobilise their resources to pave way for the formation of the BSP government in UP next year as they did during the 2007 assembly election. The people in UP want change and they have made up their mind to bring BSP to power in 2022 assembly election,” she said.

“The BSP will seek support of people on the basis of the performance of its four governments in UP. Along with the rule of the Congress, the BJP and the SP, people have also seen the BSP government in power. I ask them which party government was the best on all the parameters of the government? The people and even the leaders of the opposition parties will tell that the BSP government was the best,” Mayawati said. She also called upon voters not to be carried away by the promises made by the rival parties or get driven by sentiments during the polls. “They should remember the good governance under the BSP rule. They should bring BSP to power. Uttar Pradesh needs a government that works for the development and welfare of the masses,” the BSP chief said.

Rejecting the BJP’s claim of winning over 300 seats in the 2022 UP assembly election, Mayawati said, “Saffron brigade’s claim is baseless. Fearing defeat in the (upcoming) election, the BJP government is busy launching various projects. Union ministers and BJP central leaders have been sent for campaigning. The ministers in the state government and state unit leaders are visiting various districts several times. The BJP government is luring people and students with promises.”