Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati is scheduled to arrive here on March 23 to campaign for her party candidates in the lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha.
BSP national general secretary and Odisha in-charge Dharamvir Singh Ashok said his party has decided to contest all the 147 Assembly and 21 lok Sabha seats in the State.
Coming down heavily on the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government, he said the Government has ignored the plight of the poor and the dalits as its entire focus is on industrialisation.
“The poor, dalits and the minorities would be given equal rights and justice if the BSP comes to power,” he said.