Lok Sabha elections: Mayawati goes solo, 4 of 10 BSP MPs in contact with BJP? | Lucknow Information
Lucknow: The BJP is learnt to have initiated back-channel talks with not less than 4 BSP MPs for a attainable swap over to the saffron camp forward of the Lok Sabha elections. One other BSP MP from the west UP area is reported to be in contact with Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD, which is anticipated to affix the BJP-led NDA within the subsequent few days.
Sources mentioned that of the 4 BSP MPs who’re reportedly in contact with the BJP, three are from the Kashi area whereas one occurs to be from Awadh.
Actually, one in all them lately met PM Narendra Modi who additionally occurs to be an MP from Varanasi parliamentary constituency in Kashi. The event comes amid studies of BJP finalising its first record of candidates, primarily for the 16 seats, which it misplaced to the SP-BSP mix within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP is more likely to announce the record simply across the issuance of ballot notification anticipated within the second week of March. Whereas senior BJP leaders refused to remark, get together spokesperson Anand Dubey mentioned that the leaders of the opposition events know that their defeat within the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls is imminent. “Subsequently, the opposition leaders are scrambling for safer seats or greener pastures. So far as BJP is anxious the get together attracts its power from the recognition of PM Modi and its grassroots organisational equipment. We’re assured of registering a landslide victory within the upcoming elections,” he maintained. Political specialists mentioned that the BSP MPs apprehend a setback to their electoral fortunes within the wake of the ballot contest turning right into a direct sq. off between the BJP-led NDA and the SP-Congress mix. “Polarization of voters is anticipated between NDA and the SP-Congress mix, leaving little likelihood for the BSP candidates to achieve,” mentioned an analyst.
He mentioned that the BSP is anticipated to decide on its candidates tactfully in a bid to make the electoral contest a multi-cornered one. This may embrace fielding Muslim candidates towards SP candidates. The scenario, sources mentioned, has been rising amid BSP chief Mayawati’s repeated assertion vis-a-vis going solo within the Lok Sabha polls. Consultants mentioned the BSP has been categorically cautious of aligning with any political formation that would perceptibly permit resurrection of the SP or the Congress in UP.
