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LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday blamed the Samajwadi Party, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party for plotting the defeat of the Bahujan Samajwadi Party candidates by transferring their votes to the candidates fielded by them. She said the three parties became one for a common cause. As regards the BSP not getting a substantial number of Muslim votes, Ms. Mayawati attributed the shift in the Muslim vote away from her party in the Lok Sabha polls in the State to a “secret” understanding between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, who misled the minority community. In her first reaction on the BSP’s performance in the elections, Ms. Mayawati said the Congress and the SP spread the canard during the polls that since the BSP had thrice formed the government in Uttar Pradesh with the BJP’s support, it would support the latter if it was in a position to form a government at the Centre. Ms. Mayawati said this resulted in the Muslims supporting the SP on seats where it was strong and supporting the Congress where it was strong. Thus, the Muslim vote was divided between the two parties, Ms. Mayawati said at a press conference here on Saturday. It was a result of this conspiracy that the Muslims voted less for the BSP. Ms. Mayawati said despite this the BSP put up a strong performance and was placed second in about 50 seats. The BSP’s vote share also went up to about 27 per cent as compared to the 24.67 per cent in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. On the national scale, the BSP emerged as the third largest national party with 6.22 per cent polling percentage after the Congress and the BJP. About her stand on the new Central government, Ms. Mayawati said a decision would be taken after a meeting with the party MPs and senior office-bearers.
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