No alliance in UP, BJP to fight polls alone: Maurya

Amid speculation over a tie-up with Ajit Singh’s RLD, Uttar Pradesh BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday ruled out any alliance for the state assembly elections, asserting that the party will fight on its own and win two-thirds majority.

The comments of Maurya, who was in the national capital to strategise on the crucial elections with top party leaders, assume significance as there was a buzz that the party was open to an alliance with the Jat leader to consolidate anti-SP and anti-BSP votes. He suggested that the parties willing to support BJP could contest the election on its lotus symbol. “We don’t need any alliance. We are going to fight with full strength. We will come to power with a big majority without any alliance. Lotus had bloomed in 73 (out of 80) Lok Sabha seats and now I see BJP getting 265 plus seats in the assembly polls,” ” he said. 

This is not merely a statement but reality. Poeple are fed up with SP and BSP and see a strong alternative in BJP. Congress is nowhere in picture,” he said.