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‘Stopped taking calls’: Mayawati, Akhilesh blame each other for BSP-SP split | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav played a game of blaming each other for the reasons behind the dissolution of their alliance.
Mayawati alleged that Akhilesh had stopped responding to calls from BSP leaders, but the SP leader countered that Mayawati had not informed him of her decision to end the alliance.
According to a pamphlet distributed among BSP workers, Mayawati stated, “In UP, Akhilesh Yadav wanted to stop the BJP. He forgot all the past mistakes of his party and gave them another chance to form an alliance. But after these elections, the BSP won 10 seats and the SP 5. This made it seem that the sustainability of the alliance was far away, but Akhilesh Yadav stopped taking calls from the BSP leader and other party leaders.”
“In order to maintain the party’s honour, we must therefore break the alliance with the SP,” she added.
The 2019 Lok Sabha elections saw the BJP and its allies secure 64 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the BSP-SP alliance managed to win only 15. The Congress won one seat. However, in the 2024 elections, the SP formed an alliance with the Congress, and the combine won 43 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with the BJP winning 33 seats and the BSP failing to secure a single one.
Mayawati wrote in the booklet: “The SP-BSP pact in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was meant to prevent the BJP from coming to power at the Centre.”
“However, SP leader Akhilesh Yadav was so disheartened by the election results, in which the BSP won 10 seats and the SP five, that he stopped taking calls from the BSP leader and other senior leaders. Hence, it was decided to break ties with the SP without compromising anyone’s self-esteem,” the booklet said.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BSP leader and said no one had any idea that the alliance would fall apart.
Responding to Mayawati’s allegations, Akhilesh Yadav said at a press conference in Lucknow, “When the alliance was called off, I was addressing a meeting in Azamgarh and both SP and BSP cadres were present there. Nobody had any idea that the alliance was falling apart.” He added, “I had called myself (BSP chief) to ask why the alliance was falling apart. I needed an answer to prepare myself for media queries after the meeting.”
The booklet, which was initially distributed to BSP cadres during the party’s national executive meeting in Lucknow on August 27, is aimed at helping the party’s supporters understand the party’s ideology and strategy for the upcoming elections in the state of Uttar Pradesh, said BSP state chief Vishwanath Pal.
Mayawati alleged that Akhilesh had stopped responding to calls from BSP leaders, but the SP leader countered that Mayawati had not informed him of her decision to end the alliance.
According to a pamphlet distributed among BSP workers, Mayawati stated, “In UP, Akhilesh Yadav wanted to stop the BJP. He forgot all the past mistakes of his party and gave them another chance to form an alliance. But after these elections, the BSP won 10 seats and the SP 5. This made it seem that the sustainability of the alliance was far away, but Akhilesh Yadav stopped taking calls from the BSP leader and other party leaders.”
“In order to maintain the party’s honour, we must therefore break the alliance with the SP,” she added.
The 2019 Lok Sabha elections saw the BJP and its allies secure 64 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the BSP-SP alliance managed to win only 15. The Congress won one seat. However, in the 2024 elections, the SP formed an alliance with the Congress, and the combine won 43 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with the BJP winning 33 seats and the BSP failing to secure a single one.
Mayawati wrote in the booklet: “The SP-BSP pact in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was meant to prevent the BJP from coming to power at the Centre.”
“However, SP leader Akhilesh Yadav was so disheartened by the election results, in which the BSP won 10 seats and the SP five, that he stopped taking calls from the BSP leader and other senior leaders. Hence, it was decided to break ties with the SP without compromising anyone’s self-esteem,” the booklet said.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BSP leader and said no one had any idea that the alliance would fall apart.
Responding to Mayawati’s allegations, Akhilesh Yadav said at a press conference in Lucknow, “When the alliance was called off, I was addressing a meeting in Azamgarh and both SP and BSP cadres were present there. Nobody had any idea that the alliance was falling apart.” He added, “I had called myself (BSP chief) to ask why the alliance was falling apart. I needed an answer to prepare myself for media queries after the meeting.”
The booklet, which was initially distributed to BSP cadres during the party’s national executive meeting in Lucknow on August 27, is aimed at helping the party’s supporters understand the party’s ideology and strategy for the upcoming elections in the state of Uttar Pradesh, said BSP state chief Vishwanath Pal.
