BSP to go alone in coming Lok Sabha elections, declares BSP Chief Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati has said that her party will go alone in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Talking to reporters at the party office in Lucknow on her birthday today, she said, BSP will not forge any tie-up for the Lok Sabha elections, due in April-May this year.

Ms Mayawati said, BSP will consider aligning with any party after assessing the post-poll situation. She categorically denied reports in a section of the media about her retirement from politics. The BSP had contested the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019 in alliance with the Samajwadi Party.