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UPA, NDA `conspiring` to prevent me from becoming PM: Maya

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Press Trust Of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 1:33 AM IST

Talking to reporters soon after the UPA government won the trust vote in the Lok Sabha, Mayawati said, "UPA's victory is not due to its policies but a well thought-out political conspiracy by both the NDA and the UPA to check the BSP and prevent the daughter of a Dalit from becoming the prime minister of the country."

Alleging both the NDA and the UPA of entering into a conspiracy, she said the NDA was responsible for the victory.

"Both feared the BSP and prevented me from becoming the prime minister," the BSP chief said.

Though both the formations are seemingly different, they are united on this issue, she claimed.

"Had the NDA not helped the ruling coalition, it (UPA) would not have been saved on the floor of the House," said Mayawati.

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She referred to a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior BJP leader L K Advani in which the latter had expressed concern on the dwindling support base of the two main parties as "casteist and regional" parties were getting powerful.

Referring to the issue of BJP leaders displaying cash in the Lok Sabha, she alleged the UPA of horse trading and said: "This will go as a black day for Indian democracy."

"The UPA has violated all norms and propriety. It has indulged in shameful incidents in Parliament, misused the CBI and conducted a media trial against me," Mayawati said.

The Dalit leader said despite this the BSP managed to keep all its 17 MPs from voting for the trust motion. "All 17 BSP MPs voted as per the whip issued to them while some of those from the Samajwadi Party crossed over," she said.

Mayawati, however, said the victory would not help the UPA as instead of tackling problems like inflation, they are entering into a nuclear deal. She claimed the deal was hardly of any use to the country and said the common people still do not know its contents and finer points.

She also said a meeting of the Left and constituents of the UNPA has been scheduled for Wednesday in which "our political course would be decided".

Mayawati claimed that in the last week, her party has emerged as the fulcrum of national politics. "The Left also sees merit and finds that when BSP has given such good governance in the largest state of the country, it can be tried at the national level," she added.

"What BSP hoped to achieve in the next 6-7 years, it has managed to do in 6-7 days," she said, referring to the UNPA and her new positioning in national politics.

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First Published: Jul 23 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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