Mayawati rules out alliance with any political outfit in Pb

BSP supremo Mayawati today ruled out alliance with any political party in the Punjab assembly election scheduled for early next year.
Addressing a state-level rally organized here at Dana Mandi to celebrate the birth anniversary of party founder Kanshi Ram, she said "the party would go all alone during the poll."
The BSP supremo said she would personally supervise the distribution of tickets so that only right candidates capable of winning the election are given the tickets.
She said that in order to prepare a second line of leadership well-versed in BSP ideology, she had decided to reserve 50 per cent of seats for the youth at all levels in the party set up.

Mayawati told the Dalit voters to "not to sell themselves and their votes" by falling prey to various kinds of allurements offered by other political outfits during the polls as only BSP was capable of safeguarding their interests in Punjab.
"You can form a government on your own in Punjab without entering into alliance with any party as you have the requisite population here," she exhorted the Dalits.

"Neither a government headed by a Jat nor that headed by a Bania (trader) will serve your interests in the long run," she said.
Referring to Arvind Kejriwal's visit to Punjab today, she said a leader from Bania community was trying to get their votes by colluding with some of the relatives of late Kanshi Ram and by visiting religious deras in the state.

Coming down heavily on Kejriwal, she said Dalits should never forget that he always spoke "against" reservation when he was not in power.
"As against superior caste mentality shown by Jat CMs in Punjab, my party in UP during its four stints always worked for all sections of society," she claimed.
Mayawati, in her 75 minute long speech, lambasted both
the Congress and NDA government at the Centre on "reservation in promotions" issue saying in the Supreme Court both pursued the case in such a manner that it "resulted" in the "dilution" of the case in "favour" of reserved categories.

Further, the present trend of promoting private sector in the country was also leading to an end in reservations in jobs, she warned.
She further hit out at the present dispensation in the Centre saying like the previous Congress-led regimes Modi government was too "siding with corrupt" elements.
In this context she cited the cases of Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallaya and how they were allowed to flee the country after allegedly misappropriating hundreds of crores of rupees.
Earlier, Mayawati on her arrival on the stage offered floral tributes to the picture of BSP founder Kanshi Ram and disclosed that before coming to Nawanshahr today she had demanded bestowing of Bharat Ratna on Kanshi Ram in view of his outstanding contribution for the uplift of poor and downtrodden sections in the country.

On the occasion, Mayawati gave details on how Kanshi Ram had formed BSP as a political outfit on the lines spelled out by Ambedkar.
She hit out the present NDA government for its lip sympathy in celebrating 125th anniversary of the great scholar and Dalit leader.