Mayawati hints alliances in different states, warns BSP leaders against commenting on tie-ups

The BSP Supremo on Saturday sacked her close aide Jai Prakash Singh from the party for his recent remarks on Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi.

BSP chief Mayawati

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati has hinted at framing alliances in different states, as it has done in Haryana and Karnataka to stop BJP.  In a key-party meeting started on Saturday, she asked her party members to refrain from commenting on possible alliance partners. The meeting was held for discussing party’s strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and the assembly polls in the 3 states with senior party-leaders. The BSP Supremo on Saturday sacked her close aide Jai Prakash Singh from the party for his recent remarks on Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi. The BSP in a press release however only referred to his remarks dubbing the prime minister as "Gabbar Singh" as the reason behind his removal. He had recently said Rahul Gandhi cannot be the prime minister as his mother was not of Indian origin. He had also said that Mayawati was the best candidate for the top post. As her party finalises its strategy for the upcoming assembly polls, Mayawati warned senior leaders against making public comments on the possibility of alliances, saying such remarks would be considered indiscipline. Addressing coordinators and senior party leaders here, she said the decision on forging alliances rests solely with the party top brass and decision taken in the interest of the party, the country and the BSP's philosophy will be conveyed to all. ‘Remarks by workers and leaders about possible tie-ups will be considered indiscipline. Discipline demands that such remarks are avoided’, the statement quoted her as saying. The BSP wants to ally with Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, but the latter is only ready for an alliance in MP.