BSP will not join India alliance
28 opposition parties are united to stop BJP from taking a hat-trick of power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Some leaders of Uttar Pradesh Congress were advocating to make BSP chief Mayawati a part of INDIA alliance. UP Congress leaders also advocated an alliance with BSP in the presence of Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. Seeing the inclination of Congress towards BSP, SP raised the issue of making this stand clear with Congress in the meeting of ‘INDIA’ alliance on Tuesday. SP has said in clear words that if BSP becomes a part of ‘INDIA’ alliance, then SP will separate itself from the opposition alliance.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav participated in the Delhi meeting of INDIA alliance. When Akhilesh came out after the meeting, journalists asked him whether BSP would also be included in the alliance? On this he said that the position that Samajwadi Party had to present in the meeting has been put forward among all the parties of the alliance. In fact, on behalf of SP, Ram Gopal Yadav said in the INDIA alliance meeting that there are reports that Congress is in talks with BSP in Uttar Pradesh. Congress should make it clear whether this is so? SP said that BSP is not a reliable ally and we cannot go with it. If BSP becomes a part of the alliance then SP will separate itself.
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‘No intention of alliance with BSP’
At the same time, on the question raised by SP, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge clarified that there are newspaper reports. There is no talk of BSP with Congress. We have no intention of forming an alliance with BSP in Uttar Pradesh. Congress party will go to elections in UP under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav. Kharge has even said that Akhilesh Yadav will also decide the seat sharing formula in UP. After SP drawing Lakshman Rekha regarding the alliance and Congress clearing the alliance stand in UP, the doors of BSP’s entry into the alliance are almost closed. In such a situation, if BSP contests alone, then there will be a triangular fight in UP. In such a situation, will it not be easy for the opposition alliance INDIA to defeat BJP in UP?
Mayawati decides to contest elections alone in 2024
Actually, Mayawati has decided to contest the elections alone in 2024. BSP is neither a part of NDA nor is it in the opposition alliance with INDIA. A faction in Congress is trying to believe that if BSP becomes a part of the alliance in UP, it will be easy to defeat BJP, but SP is not ready for this. After SP’s stand, Congress’s hopes of taking Mayawati into the alliance have been dashed. Along with this, the gap of political enmity between SP and BSP may become even deeper.
A senior BSP leader said on the condition of anonymity that the party is preparing to fight alone with full strength in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. For this, BSP has also started work at the grassroots level. Congress and SP together can never defeat BJP. Due to Akhilesh Yadav being in the alliance, neither Dalits nor backward classes will go with him.
BSP has seen in alliance with SP in 2019 that Yadav votes are not being transferred. That is why the seats on which the opposition won in 2019 were dominated by Dalit and Muslim communities. SP could not win even a single seat in Yadav belt except Mainpuri seat. SP could not win Yadav seats like Badaun, Etawah, Kannauj and Firozabad. In the five seats where SP had won, Dalit and Muslim voters were decisive.
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What will be the effect of BSP fighting separately?
If BSP is not a part of the alliance then it will contest the elections alone. SP had to bear the brunt of BSP contesting the elections alone in the 2022 elections. The reason for this is that if BSP contests the elections alone, the opposition votes may get scattered. BSP still has 13 percent votes in UP, in which Dalit votes constitute a major share. Especially from Jatav community. If BSP fields Muslim candidates on many seats, it will lead to dispersion of Muslim votes and at the same time, Dalits may be inclined towards BJP on those seats where the opposition alliance appears strong.
This pattern has been seen in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, due to which SP could not win the elections despite having a very good environment. Even though BSP could not win even a single seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, it had completely spoiled the game of the opposition in the state. This time also the situation is becoming similar to 2014. In such a situation, can BSP spoil the opposition’s game in UP by contesting elections alone?
Source: www.tv9hindi.com”