Mayawati warns against laxity in preparations for UP Assembly polls

Mayawati on Sunday called upon party workers and leaders to remain vigilant and avoid any laxity or negligence in preparations for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled for 2027.

Addressing an important meeting of the Bahujan Samaj Party attended by booth-level in-charges, Assembly, district and state committee officials, Mayawati stressed the need to counter every “ploy and conspiracy” of political opponents with the same determination that helped the BSP come to power in 2007.

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She said special caution was being exercised in the selection of party candidates and emphasised the need to protect the party’s support base. “To fulfil the mission of pressing the button on the elephant and returning the BSP to power for the welfare of all, we must wholeheartedly safeguard our votes, honour, dignity, life, property and religion,” she said.

Reviewing the recently concluded Assembly elections in five states, Mayawati said the BSP must draw lessons from the outcomes and prepare accordingly for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab, which are expected early next year or possibly sooner.

She alleged that ruling parties were succeeding in influencing elections through “empty promises” and other “unexpected and unprecedented methods.”

Mayawati said BSP workers must make people aware of how political parties project themselves as pro-people and welfare-oriented during elections, spend heavily on publicity, but later become indifferent towards their promises and commitments once elections are over.

She said the “deceptive and divisive politics” of such parties had failed to truly serve the people, leaving citizens increasingly helpless and burdened. “The public must remain alert against deception and betrayal of promises. This is also an important lesson linked to the right to vote,” she added.

The BSP supremo further claimed that opposition parties lure voters in every possible manner during elections, but after coming to power, rising inflation, unemployment and new regulations make life more difficult for ordinary families.

She asserted that the people of Uttar Pradesh should elect the BSP to overcome these challenges, saying the party had earlier set an example of governance focused on livelihood, self-respect, welfare, development, crime control and law and order.