new Delhi. Rahul Gandhi is looking very disappointed after suffering a series defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. During the launch of a book written on Dalits in Delhi on Saturday, he confessed that he is not interested in politics. Referring to Mayawati, he also said that the Congress wanted to forge an alliance with the BSP before the elections. Not only this, Congress had also offered Mayawati the post of CM, but no response came from her side. But this time she didn’t even contest the election.” Rahul Gandhi says that “Mayawati does not want to contest elections now for fear of ED and CBI.” Regarding this, he further says that “We have a lot of respect for Kashi Ram. He had strengthened the Dalits. Though the Congress has weakened, it is not the issue. Dalits need to be empowered.”
#WATCH Mayawatiji didn’t fight elections, we sent her the message to form an alliance but she didn’t respond. Kanshi Ram Ji raised voice of Dalits in UP, though it affected Congress. This time she didn’t fight for Dalit voices because there are CBI, ED & Pegasus: Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/Jf7nvHAec0
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But Mayawati has laid down her arms, she says that “she will not fight now.” Gave way open, reason CBI, ED, Pegasus. That’s why she doesn’t want to fight.” This statement of Rahul Gandhi after the election is very important. This statement, which came after the election results, has a lot of significance. But the question also arises whether the party would have won the election after the alliance of BSP and Congress. Would both parties have done better then? Significantly, this time the BSP got 10 percent less votes. This time the vote share of BSP was reduced to only 12 per cent, from 22 per cent in 2017. Apart from this, Mayawati’s core voter Jatav also went in favor of BJP. In such a situation, he neither got the votes of Muslims, nor the support of Brahmins, nor could he get the support of Jatavs.