Commenting on the possibility of a tie-up between the Samajwadi Party and Congress before Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said an alliance would be struck only if it benefits the BJP.
"SP and Congress alliance in UP will come into being only if BJP gives its approval and if it (BJP) feels it will gain from it...the green signal will be given by BJP after evaluating its gains and losses from such an alliance," Mayawati said.
The BSP chief alleged that BJP was exerting pressure on SP chief and his family through Enforcement Directorate, I-T department and CBI through disproportionate assets cases, and "other weaknesses" to join hands with the Congress to divide Muslim votes and stop BSP from coming to power.
Referring to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's frequent statements favouring an alliance with Congress, Mayawati asked why a person who has come to power on his own in the last Assembly elections is so keen on contesting the coming polls in an alliance.
"The reality is that even if SP contests coming elections in alliance with Congress, it will not come back to power and the CM is well aware of this," she said, adding if they contest in alliance and lose, SP will put the entire blame on Congress.
Taking the Bihar elections example, Mayawati added that "just as all secular voters" there decided to defeat BJP, they will show the same unity here and defeat the "dangerous" policies and programmes of BJP and vote for BSP.
(With inputs from PTI)
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