Mayawati rejects alliance buzz
BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday trashed as “fake news” reports that her party would contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in alliance with other parties, asserting that it will fight the polls on its own strength.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, in a press briefing, alleged that such reports were being spread with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) to mislead people.
“It is absolutely wrong, false, baseless and fabricated news. These discussions are being deliberately circulated to misguide the public,” she said, adding that political leaders as well as sections of the media should avoid indulging in such speculation.
Mayawati also took an indirect swipe at the AI Summit being held in Delhi.
“Instead of awakening the country and the world to the bitter realities concerning larger national and public interest and thereby strengthening democracy and the Constitution, there are self-serving discussions these days projecting artificial intelligence as the key to success.
“Amid such discourse, sections of the media are also, on one pretext or another, spreading talk that the BSP will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in alliance. This is absolutely false.”
Mayawati said she has repeatedly announced that the BSP will contest elections independently and recalled that she had made a public declaration in this regard at a mega rally held in Lucknow on October 9, 2025, on the death anniversary of party founder Kanshi Ram.
“After nationwide discussions on that announcement, there remains no scope for any confusion. Yet some people and certain media sections are engaged in a malicious campaign to spread false news. This is an anti-BSP tactic and people need not pay attention to it,” she said.
The BSP chief alleged that the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party have a “narrow mindset” and are opposed to the ideology of BR Ambedkar.
