Mayawati | UP polls
BSP will go solo in UP, Uttarakhand elections next year: Mayawati
Lucknow/IBNS: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will go solo in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand state polls, to be held early next year, party chief Mayawati clarified on Sunday morning.
Her tweet clearing off speculations comes after media reports claimed that BSP is all set for a tie-up with Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM in the state.
Mayawati stated that her party has only announced a political tie-up with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for the Punjab polls, also to be held next year.
The two parties have agreed on a seat-sharing formula in the 117-member assembly: with SAD contesting on 97 seats and the BSP on 20.
"This news is being broadcast in a media news channel since yesterday that the AIMIM and BSP will fight the upcoming assembly elections in UP together. This news is completely false, misleading and baseless. There is not even an iota of truth in this and the BSP vehemently denies it."
"In this regard, it is again clarified that except Punjab, the BSP will not contest the UP and Uttarakhand state polls early next year in alliance with any party; meaning it will go it alone," Mayawati tweeted.
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