If Muslim community votes for Congress, BJP will get the benefit: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati raised the demand for separate statehood for Western Uttar Pradesh during a rally in Saharanpur. “There has been a long-standing demand for statehood by the people of western Uttar Pradesh. For this, concrete steps will be taken if our government comes to power at the Centre. Most of the BJP's time was spent on making wealthy businessmen wealthier and protecting them... The BJP and other parties run their organisations and contest elections with the support of these businesses. Electoral bond data revealed this. The BJP and its allies have been in power at the Centre and in most states. Owing to their casteist, capitalist, narrow and vindictive policies and style of working, and due to the significant difference in their words and actions, it now seems that it would not be easy for them to return to power at the Centre,” Maywati said. 

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Mayawati also urged the Muslim community to not vote for the Congress as it might result in the splitting up of votes favouring the BJP. “If the Muslim community splits its votes, and votes for the Congress, then the BJP will get the benefit. To the Muslims, I would like to say that you should not allow your votes to be split. If you want to defeat the BJP candidate, I would ask the Muslim community not to allow your votes to get split. Whenever the BSP has fielded a Muslim candidate, the Congress and other parties have also given tickets to Muslim candidates. The Congress knows that its candidate will not win the polls. The BSP has a huge chunk of Dalit votes along with Muslims. From the Kairana Lok Sabha seat, we have given the ticket to a 'Kshatriya'. Our candidate will get the 'Kshatriya' votes in Saharanpur as well,” Maywati added.