Speaking at a briefing on her 67th birthday, veteran Dalit leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati said that rival parties are using all tricks to stop BSP from coming to power.
Mayawati also raised concerns over the use of electronic voting machines. “Since 1984, ballot paper use the vote percentage not decreased. With the use of EVM, the party voting percentage has gone down. In various countries the EVM had been withdrawn and ballot papers is being used. It’s the work of the EVM that BSP vote has decreased. I have urged the Election Commission to use ballot paper,” she said.
Mayawati said that her BSP won’t forge an alliance with any party for the upcoming state elections or the 2024 national polls.
“The BSP will not form alliance with any party in the Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka assembly election as well as the 2024 Lok Sabha election,” she said.
She also launched a fresh attack against the saffron party.
“Due to wrong policies of the BJP government the people are facing natural disaster,” she further said in an apparent reference to the sinking of the Joshimath town in Uttarakhand.
“The central agencies have been politicized,” the Dalit leader said.
She also targeted the Congress and SP: “The reservation for the OBC, SC/ST is not being implemented by the BJP government. The Congress and Samajwadi Party has also cheated the OBC, SC and ST community.”
