Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that Muslims are not happy with the Samajwadi Party, adding that nobody from the community will vote for the Akhilesh Yadav’s party.
She made the remarks after casting her vote at a polling booth in Lucknow in the fourth phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The BSP president said people of Uttar Pradesh have rejected SP as voting for the party means “gunda raj and mafia raj”.
“Muslims are not happy with Samajwadi Party. They will not vote for them. People of UP have rejected SP even before voting as voting for SP means gunda raj and mafia raj. Riots happened in the SP government. The face of SP leaders tells that they are not coming in power,” the former UP chief minister said.
Interestingly, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati had joined hands for the 2019 Lok Sabha election in the politically crucial state.
Meanwhile, BSP leader SC Misra exuded confidence that his party will form government in the state with an absolute majority and Mayawati will become chief minister for the fifth time.
“The BSP is headed towards an absolute majority. Taking into account the first three phases and today’s voting, you’ll find out that voting done for BSP. Just like 2007, BSP will form government with an absolute majority, Mayawati will become UP’s CM for the fifth time,” the BSP leader said.
In the 2017 Assembly polls, the BSP won only 19 seats, its lowest tally since 1991, when the party bagged 12 seats. The SP had bagged 47 seats, its lowest tally since the party’s inception in 1992. The SP’s lowest score so far was 97 seats in 2007.
