SP-BSP ties till 2019, BJP's immoral win won't bite, says Mayawati: Updates

The Rajya Sabha polls saw the BJP bagging a total of nine out of 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the BSP-backed SP won only one seat

Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday made it clear that her party's alliance with the Akhilesh Yadv-led Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh was here to stay, at least until the 2019 general elections. Taking a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which recently trounced the SP-BSP alliance in the recent Rajya Sabha elections in the state, Mayawati said its "malpractices" would not weaken the newly formed alliance.

Earlier, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) had cautioned Mayawati not to trust the 'oppurtunist' SP. The BSP chief responded by saying: "I would like to tell BJP and company that their