BSP chief Mayawati alleged that in civic body polls the government machinery was ‘misused’. Photo: Hindustan TimesLucknow: Challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said on Saturday “with full confidence” that the saffron party would lose the general elections due in 2019 if ballot papers are used, instead of electronic voting machines. Mayawati’s remarks came a day after her party came second to the BJP in the civic body polls held in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP won 14 out of the 16 mayoral seats in the state. And, I can say with full confidence that if the 2019 Lok Sabha polls are held by ballot paper, (the BJP) will not come to power,” Mayawati claimed.

Source: Mint December 02, 2017 09:33 UTC