Will Consider Joining I.N.D.I.A Bloc If Mayawati Projected As PM Candidate: BSP MP Malook Nagar

BSP MP from Bijnor stated that by projecting Mayawati as the PM candidate, the bloc will be able to stop the BJP from winning a third consecutive term in the upcoming LS Polls.

Bahujan Samaj Party MP Malook Nagar that the BSP will consider joining the I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc only if party chief Mayawati is projected as the prime ministerial candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. BSP MP from Bijnor stated that by projecting Mayawati as the PM candidate, the bloc will be able to stop the Bharatiya Janata Party from winning a third consecutive term in the upcoming LS Polls.

“The victory formula for the alliance is clear. In the 2022 (Uttar Pradesh) Assembly election, the BJP polled 41.3 per cent votes. The parties constituting the I.N.D.I.A bloc polled around 40 pr cent votes and the BSP secured around 13 per cent votes. If the BSP joins the alliance, the vote percentage will go above 50 per cent which is enough to snatch power from the BJP. Projection of Mayawati as the PM candidate will also bring back the Dalit voters who have been lured by the saffron brigade,” he said, as quoted by news agency IANS.

Nagar, who is a close aide of the BSP chief, said Mayawati is the tallest Dalit leader in the country and support for her cuts across states.

Nagar, however, added, “The Congress must also apologise for weaning away BSP MLAs in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after the 2018 Assembly elections," as quoted by IANS. Nagar's statement come days after UP Congress president Ajay Rai suggested the BSP should seriously consider joining the I.N.D.I.A bloc.

"Mayawati will (then) not only forgive the Congress for its misdeed to poach the BSP MLAs in Rajasthan and MP, but will also have a positive approach towards the I.N.D.I.A alliance offer,” Nagar said.

UPCC president Ajay Rai had said, “Given the current political scenario in the country and the condition of Dalits, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati should seriously consider joining the I.N.D.I.A alliance,” as quoted by IANS.

Earlier the Samajwadi Party was reportedly against the induction of the BSP into the I.N.D.I.A bloc after which Mayawati had given iindications that she wished to keep the doors open for future political alignments. “It is inappropriate for anyone to make unnecessary comments on parties, including the BSP, that are not a part of the opposition alliance,” she had said last week, as quoted by IANS.