‘Have to save Uttar Pradesh’ is Mayawati’s new slogan

She emphasises that BSP’s focus is on Assembly polls and not on ongoing zilla panchayat chairperson polls

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday released a new slogan as part of her preparation for next year Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls- “UP ko bachana hai, bachana hai. Sarvajan ko bachana hai, bachana hai, BSP ko satta mein lana hai va zaroor lana hai (We have to save UP... We have to save all sections of society... We have to bring the BSP to power”. Ms. Mayawati emphasised that her party’s focus was on Assembly polls and not on the ongoing zilla panchayat chairperson polls. She defended her decision to not field candidates for the zilla panchayat chairperson posts, saying that winning the seats depended on “sale and purchase” and “misuse” of the state machinery. The BJP government was adopting the ways of the previous SP (Samajwadi Party) government and the polls were not independent, she alleged.