Mayawati rules out joining hands with BJP

BSP leader Mayawati has ruled out joining hands with the saffron party after the Lok Sabha elections.

Charging the BJP with trying to exert pressure on her for gaining political mileage, BSP leader Mayawati on Wednesday ruled out joining hands with the saffron party after the Lok Sabha elections.

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Addressing election meetings at Shamli and Muzaffarnagar, she alleged that the BJP was trying to exert pressure on her for gaining political mileage but asserted that she would not buckle under it.

Ruling out a tie-up with the BJP, she alleged that the party framed her in the Taj heritage corridor case and "used" the CBI to conduct raids at her residences.

Mayawati claimed that the Samajwadi Party would support the BJP in formation of the next government at the Centre as the latter had helped it instal a government in Uttar Pradesh.