BSP to go it alone in LS polls: Mayawati

Kicking off her party's election campaign at a mega rally here, Mayawati today said BSP would not forge an alliance with Congress, BJP or any other party and would go it alone in the Lok Sabha polls.
"BSP will fight the Lok Sabha elections across the country, alone," she said, addressing 'Savdhan Vishal Maharally' here, coinciding with her birthday.
The BSP supremo asserted that her party would not form an alliance with any party in Uttar Pradesh or at the national level.
"We will not enter into an alliance with Congress, BJP or any other party in UP or at the national level. There have been reports in a section of media that BSP will enter into alliance with Congress. This is not true," she said.

Mayawati also lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the Godhra riots.
"When the Chief Minister of a state having a population of six crore could not prevent Godhra riots between Hindus and Muslims, how can he generate unity among people from various castes and religions?

"Godhra incident jolted the country but in all his meetings, Modi make promises and talks about Gujarat pattern of development," she said.
The BSP leader claimed that the reality was, however, different and cited a CAG report to highlight the condition of children and SC/STs in his home state.
"They (BJP) claim to end corruption but in Gujarat, the institution which keeps an eye on it, the Lokayukta, was set up only on the directive of the court and it is also very weak," she said.

"He (Modi) is promising to curb inflation, corruption, unemployment and also bring blackmoney back into the country, but the saying 'garajne vale badal bareste nahin' (clouds that thunder don't produce rain) appears appropriate in this case," she said.