Unperturbed by the possibility of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), led by Mayawati, extending support to her bitter rival Samajwadi Party for the two lok Sabha bypolls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that both the parties are poles apart and there was no question of them coming together.
“As berry (ber) and banana (kela) cannot grow together, the SP and BSP are two bitter rivals and they can not join hands,” he said while addressing reporters here on Sunday.
Adityanath asked whether BSP has forgotten the Guest house incident of 1995 and has decided to join hands with the party that has announced to raze the memorials of the Dalit icons.
However, CM, ruled out any Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh like situation where BJP lost in the by-polls saying BJP will retain both the Gorakhpur and Phulpur lok Sabha seats. “After the BJP’s victory in Tripura and Nagaland, there is no question of the party losing bypolls in UP ,” the CM said.
When asked whether the BJP cadres in the state were satisfied with the government, Adityanath said BJP cadre is khara sona (pure gold) and cannot be compared with the cadres of SP or BSP.
“Our cadres have no big aspirations like that of the SP or BSP. They worked whole-heartedly for the party and this was evident in the recently held urban local bodies and the by-polls in Sikandra Assembly seat were the BJP won elections comfortably,” he added.
Meanwhile, BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey said that it is unfortunate that BSP has decided to help the party which carried out a murderous attack on Mayawati in a state guest house. The talks of alliance shows that opposition is losing bye-elections. The BJP is doing very well. People are happy with the performance of the Yogi Government and the party will sweep both bye-elections, he said.