Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati asserted her partys stand for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and said that her party will contest the polls alone.While addressing a press conference on Monday, the BSP chief said that her party will contest the Lok Sabha elections alone and wont get into alliance with any party and will think about the alliance after the elections.#WATCH | On Lok Sabha elections, BSP chief Mayawati says, I want to make it clear that Bahujan Samaj Party will fight Lok Sabha elections alone, wont get into alliance with any party. pic.twitter.com/klavAhBjNt— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 15, 2024Our experience with alliances has never been beneficial for us and we suffer more losses from alliances. For this reason, most of the parties in the country want to form an alliance with BSP. An alliance can be considered after the elections. If possible, BSP can extend its support after the elections...our party will fight the elections all alone, she said.While lashing out at the Centre and state government, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said that both ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and trying to trying to make people its slaves by offering them with some free ration instead of uplifting them from poverty.Instead of uplifting people from poverty and providing them employment, the central and state (UP) governments are providing them with some free ration and trying to make them their salves. However, our government in UP had provided people employment to empower them, Mayawati said.Mayawati also refuted the claims of her retirement and said that she will continue to work to strengthen her party.Last month, I declared Akash Anand as my political successor following which it was being speculated in media that I may soon retire from politics. However, I want to clarify that its not the case, and I will continue to work towards strengthening the party, she said.Mayawati also has urged the party leaders and workers to work with full strength to help the BSP get a favourable verdict in the 2024 election.
