Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati will not contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, party general secretary SC Misra said here on Tuesday.
Misra said he too will not contest the Assembly elections, which will be held in seven phases starting on February 10.
Since elections are being held in five States, including Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, the BSP president will not contest the polls and help party candidates win, he said. Later, he said, “The decision of the party for now is that Mayawati ji and I will not fight Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. However, future decisions will be taken by Mayawati ji herself.”
Mayawati is neither a legislator nor an MP. Misra is a Rajya Sabha member.