BSP to go alone in Punjab elections

BSP national secretary accuses Congress and Akalis of benefiting the rich

PTI | October 10, 2011



Putting an end to all the speculations of tie-up in the forthcoming assembly elections in Punjab, Bahujan Samaj party on Sunday said that it would go alone in all the 117 seats of the state.

"BSP will go alone and contest all 117 seats in the coming assembly elections slated to be held in Punjab early next year," Narinder Kashyap, national secretary of BSP and in charge of party's Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir state units said.

"We have already announced candidates for 75 seats and have convened a meeting of the state body on Monday at Jalandhar to decide about the remaining 42 candidates," said Kashyap.

He accused the SAD of spreading rumours about its willingness to have alliance with BSP.

"Their (SAD) first target is to check the infightings and factionalism in SAD, the second is to frighten BJP by showing BSP a possible alternative ally and the third is their futile attempt to mislead, tempt and trap the ranks and file of BSP," he said.

Earlier, addressing a district-level party workers rally, Kashyap paid tributes to Kanshi Ram, the founder President of BSP, whose fifth death anniversary was observed in Phagwara.

He alleged that both Congress and Akalis had "done nothing" for ameliorating the lot of dalits as both these parties had benefited capitalists and the rich.

During SAD-BJP government, 2,000 false cases have been registered against dalits, he claimed.

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