BSP TO SUPPORT STRONG INDEPENDENTS IN BY-POLLS

LUCKNOW: BSP decision to back independents has made the by-elections for 12 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency more interesting.

With BSP backing powerful independents now, it is going to be four cornered contest with BJP, SP, Congress and independents.

When BSP supremo Mayawati realized that her earlier decision not to contest by-elections would help BJP she changed her plans.

Mayawati is aware of the fact that her core voters have shifted to BJP in the name of making Narendra Modi PM and it would be difficult for her to get her voters back to BSP.

During her recent press conference, Mayawati had admitted that her dalit voters had shifted to BJP during Lok Sabha elections.

She warned dalits that they would lose their identity in BJP and asked them to be beware of grand design of saffron brigade.