New Delhi:  The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to extend support to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh where the latter emerged as the single largest party but fell short of majority by two seats, party chief Mayawati said here on Wednesday. She said the BSP would also support the Congress in Rajasthan to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out if the need arises.

"Our party fought this election to keep the BJP out of power. Sadly, our party did not succeed in this objective and I have been told that the BJP is still trying everything to come to power in Madhya Pradesh," she said at a press conference in New Delhi. "To stop this, our party, despite its ideological disagreements with the Congress, has decided to support it to form the government in Madhya Pradesh. "If the Congress needs our support to form the government in Rajasthan, we will do it to keep the BJP out," she added.