Will not accept any offer of President's post: Mayawati

BSP supremo Mayawati has asserted that she will not accept the offer of President's post from any party and alleged that the BJP and the RSS had spread false propaganda that she will be "made the President" if BJP comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, misleading her supporters. "How can I accept such a post when we know that it will be the end of our party. So I want to make it clear to every BSP office bearer that in the interest of our party and movement, I will not accept any offer for the President's post from the BJP or other parties and they should never be misled in future," Mayawati said. Addressing a state-level meeting held at the party's state office in Lucknow, Mayawati also alleged that the BJP instead of providing jobs to the poor, gave free ration and made them 'lachaar' (helpless) and 'gulam' (slave).

BSP supremo,Mayawati has re-organised its UP unit. Tthe party has decided to retain its state president Bhim Rajbhar and has appointed three state coordinators -- former Meerut MP Munkad Ali, former Azamgarh MLC Vijay Pratap and Rajkumar Gautam of Bulandshahr. The state coordinators will visit all 18 divisions in the state to examine the party's influence in those regions and apprise Mayawati of their feedback, the party statement said. The BSP chief said her objective is to strengthen the party and for this, she has made Akash Anand, her nephew, the party's national coordinator.Mayawati on Sunday also aanounced the party candidate for the Azamgaeh Lok Sabha byoll. The EC is yet to announce the bypoll schedule. Former MLA Guddu Jamali alias Shah Alam will be party candidate in the Lok Sabha bypoll for Azamgarh.

Jamali, a BSP MLA between 2017 and 2022, also held the position of its legislature party leader in the last Uttar Pradesh assembly but was sacked shortly before polls. He had subsequently contested the just-concluded state assembly polls as an AIMIM candidate from the Mubarakpur seat within the Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency but had lost to the Samajwadi Party candidate. Jamali, however, joined the BSP again recently. Mayawati made the announcement about Jamali's candidature after a party meeting in Lucknow she chaired to review the BSP's recent poll performance in the state.