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UP Local Body Polls: BJP, SP Misusing Official Machinery To Win Elections, Alleges Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati has accused the BJP and the Samajwadi Party of misusing official machinery and resorting to tricks to win the upcoming Uttar Pradesh urban body polls. She has urged the urban people to vote for BSP candidates, promising to work towards their wellbeing and to get rid of corruption in local bodies.

BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked the BJP and the Samajwadi Party, alleging that they were not only misusing official machinery but also adopting different tricks to win the two-phase May Uttar Pradesh urban body polls. Seeking support for her party's candidates for the elections, she said the BSP will work for the wellbeing of everyone as well as get rid of corruption in local bodies.

The BSP coming to power in local bodies is "necessary for liberation from tremendous corruption in these institutions and gross lack of development.", Mayawati said  in series of tweets in Hindi. "In addition to the misuse of government machinery, the ruling parties (in local bodies), be it the BJP or the SP, adopt many tricks in elections, but it is necessary that the enlightened and hard working urban people for their real interest, comfort, and cleanliness, and to curb corruption, effectively use their vote," the BSP president said.

In a another tweet, she said," if the people of UP want to get rid of their day-to-day problems, they will have to come out of the illusion of BJP government's tempting promises and paper claims.  This is the appeal of the BSP." Polling for the urban bodies in the state is slated in two phases on May 4 and May 11.

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