Lucknow: UP Chief Minister Mayawati's BSP, which was part of the Third Front in the Lok Sabha elections, on Tuesday announced unconditional outside support of its 21 MPs to the Congress-led UPA government.
Acknowledging that the UPA will be called by the President to form the next government, she told a meeting of party leaders that BSP has taken the decision keeping in view the present situation and in its objective of keeping BJP out of power.
The BSP supremo said that on the day the results of elections were out, she had congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the UPA victory.
The Prime Minister, Mayawati said, called her on Sunday evening seeking her party's positive approach towards strengthening secular forces.
She said the party's National Executive and Parliamentary Board met on Tuesday morning and discussed these issues before deciding on giving unconditional support to the new Government from outside.
Comments
0 comment