'Don't spread confusion': SP, BSP snub Cong overture
Cong said it would leave 7 seats for them
Lucknow: A day after the Congress said it was leaving seven Lok Sabha seats for the SP-BSP-RLD combine in Uttar Pradesh, BSP supremo Mayawati Monday asked the national party not to "spread confusion" and said the alliance was capable of defeating the BJP on its own.
At the same time, she dared the Congress to go ahead and field candidates in all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
The parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases.
Hours later, the BSP's poll ally Samajwadi Party (SP) also asked the Congress not to spread any kind of confusion and maintained that the BSP-SP-RLD alliance was capable of defeating the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
The BSP chief in a series of tweets made it clear that the party will not enter into any alliance with the Congress.
On Sunday, the Congress announced that it was leaving seven Lok Sabha seats in the state for the SP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance.
"The Congress is free to field its candidates on all the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh alone. In other words, our alliance (of SP-BSP-RLD) is capable enough of defeating the BJP. The Congress should refrain from spreading confusion about leaving seven seats for the (SP-BSP-RLD) alliance," Mayawati said in a tweet.
In a tweet, SP president Akhilesh Yadav said, "In Uttar Pradesh, the SP, BSP and RLD alliance is capable of defeating the BJP. The Congress party need not spread any kind of confusion."
Mayawati also said, "The BSP would like to make it clear once again that there is no alliance or understanding with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and anywhere in the country."
"Our party workers should not succumb to confusion being spread almost every day by the Congress," she said.
