Will not accept any offer of President's post: BSP chief Mayawati

BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday asserted that she will not accept the offer of Presidents post from any party and alleged that the BJP and the RSS had spread false propaganda that she will be made the President if BJP comes to power in Uttar Pradesh misleading her supportersIn a statement after reviewing the partys humiliating defeat in the state elections the fourtime former chief minister said she is a firm disciple of Kanshi Ram who had also refused the post in the pastHow can I accept such a post when we know that it will be the end of our party So I want to make it clear to every BSP office bearer that in the interest of our party and movement I will not accept any offer for the Presidents post from the BJP or other parties and they should never be misled in future Mayawati saidThe term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24 and elections to the post have to held before thatThe BSP chief said she will spend every moment of her life strengthening the party across the country and urged its members not to be disheartenedIn this election through a wellthoughtout strategy and conspiracy the BJP through its RSS organisation has spread false propaganda among our people that if a BSP government is not formed in UP we will make your Behenji the President of the country That is why you should allow BJP to come to power Mayawati said while delving into the reasons for her partys defeatLet alone becoming the President I cannot even imagine such a thing in my dream They BJP also know that long ago Kanshi Ram ji had rejected this offer and I am his firm disciple she saidThe BSP had got only one seat out of 403 in the recentlyheld assembly elections while in 2017 it had won 19 seatsAddressing a statelevel meeting held at the partys state office here Mayawati also alleged that the BJP instead of providing jobs to the poor gave free ration and made them lachaar helpless and gulam slaveShe said apart from members of her caste Jatav those who belong to other castes in the Dalit community should also be taken out of Hindutva and brought back to the BSPDespite staking claim to votes of the Muslim community and forming alliances with dozens of organisations and parties the SP was far away from coming to power Mayawati saidIn such a situation now SP can never come back to power here and neither can this party stop the BJP from coming to power she saidMayawati claimed the Muslims are repenting after voting for the SPThey muslims should not make any such mistake which will give more strength to BJP I strongly appeal to them in this regard she saidWe have to make every effort to bring the directionless people out of the clutches of the SP and bring them back to our party Now all other Hindu communities have to be associated with the BSP cadre like in 2007 she saidMayawati said to bring her party back to power in UP she is bracing for a fierce struggle and confrontation with all the casteist capitalist and feudal forcesNow every moment of my life will be spent on strengthening my party at every level in the whole country she saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever