Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, on Monday, attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, saying at a time when crores of people are suffering due to inflation and unemployment, both the parties are busy blaming each other and announcing freebies and tempting promises in the campaign for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections.

She said that instead of focusing on the issues related to the people, these parties were busy in “negative politics” with their false propaganda and promises before the elections.

The BSP chief posted on social media platform X: “Whether it is the Congress government or the BJP government in different states of the country, the promises made to the people by these two parties are not being fulfilled honestly, because their promises are made only to mislead the people and forget them after forming the government.”

She said, “This is the reason why Congress governments, especially in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, are facing allegations of breaking promises and various BJP governments, including Uttar Pradesh, after coming to power, are seen doing various kinds of jugaad politics to divert attention from the real burning issues of public interest and public welfare.”

Mayawati asserted that BSP does not issue any manifesto to mislead the public in the elections, but works honestly for crores of poor, oppressed and unemployed people as its constitutional responsibility and political religion.

She posed on X that at a time when the lives of crores of people are troubled by the immense poverty, unemployment, inflation and lack of basic necessities like agriculture, education, health, roads, electricity, clean water and law and order, which are prevalent on a large scale in the country, the BJP and Congress are still busy in making allegations and counter-allegations and announcements of promises and freebies in view of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections.

She said, “At such a time, people are in dire need of employment to get rid of all the troubles and this is also their first demand.”

The former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh claimed that her government provided as many jobs at government and non-government level as the subsequent Samajwadi Party and BJP governments together have been able to provide.

Voting for Maharashtra assembly elections will be held on November 20, and for Jharkhand assembly elections on November 13 and 20. Counting of votes will be taken up on November 23.