People are in alliance with PM: UP Dy CM Maurya

Disparaging the ongoing Opposition's bids to stitch an anti-BJP alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya Sunday said it was going to be futile as the people of the country have already forged an alliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

If the BJP keeps on doing good works, it would keep forming governments both in the Centre and states for the next 50 years, Maurya told PTI here in an exclusive interview.

The UP Dy CM claimed the Opposition bid for unity would fail as it was devoid of 'neeti' (policy), 'neta' (leader) and 'netritiva' (leadership).

"Various opposition parties may stitch an alliance among themselves, but the people of the country have already forged an alliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Maurya told PTI here in an exclusive interview.

"The people of the country are with the BJP. Hence, any plan, scheme or conspiracy (by the Opposition) will not yield success to them," the Dy CM added.

Asked to comment on a possible SP-BSP pact in the state ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Maurya said, "Even if they (BSP and SP) may not want it, we want them to forge an alliance. The people of the state will show their strength. With the hard work of our party workers and the blessings of the people, we will emerge victorious."
Terming the Opposition's unity bids as "swaarth ka gathbandhan (a greed-driven alliance)", Maurya said, "I do not think a 'mahagathbadhan' (grand alliance) neither having a prime ministerial candidate nor 'neeti' (policy) or 'neta' (leader) will be able to challenging Prime Minister Modi's leadership."
Maurya based his optimism together on the "hard works done by party president Amit Shah as well as those of the party's booth-level workers."
Maurya said, "I often say 100 mein 60 hamara hai, baaki mein batwara hai (60 per cent is our vote share, rest of the chunk is for others to share)."
Commenting on the upcoming assembly elections in five states including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Maurya said, "Wherever the BJP comes to power, it retains it on the basis of its hard work and performance."