- BSP and SP will contest 38 seats each
- Both Congress and BJP have been involved in major corruption scandals
- This joint press conference will rob 'guru-chela', Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, of their sleep
- Will crush the saffron party in the general elections,
Mumbai : Two major political parties in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party announced the alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
Making the announcement at a joint press conference with SP president Akhilesh Yadav here, BSP chief Mayawati said, “This…will rob ‘guru-chela’ — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of their sleep.”
“I have full confidence that just as our alliance defeated the BJP in the Lok Sabha bypolls, we will crush the saffron party in the general elections,” she said, referring to the BJP’s defeat in Phulpur, Gorakhpur and Kairana parliamentary bypolls.
Both parties have been shutting horns in the state for the past two decades – but now they have buried the hatchet. They are ready to announce their tie-up for the general elections, keeping them out of Congress.
Missing out the Congress party from the alliance she said over the years during the Congress rule, poverty, unemployment and corruption increased and there were scams in various defense deals.
“In the past I have seen that our votes get transferred to the Congress, but not vice-versa. We do not gain from alliance with Congress, whereas vote transfer is perfect in SP-BSP tie-up,” Mayawati said.
The top leadership of the two parties recently held a joint press conference in a posh hotel here to discuss the comprehensive parameters of the coalition to unite BJP in the Lok Sabha elections after meeting in New Delhi.
