Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati have been bitter rivals since 1995 when SP cadres allegedly attacked the state guest house where the BSP chief had been camping with her supporters.
Her remarks came as the voting for the second phase was underway in eight parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh: Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Fatehpur Sikri, Nagina, Amroha, Mathura and Agra.
Lok Sabha Election 2019: BSP Chief Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand addresses a rally in Agra
Supreme Court takes note of action taken by the Election Commission against politicians, who made statements violating model code of conduct and said, "it seems Election Commission has woken up to its power and taken action against politicians."
Both the leaders have been banned for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by making objectionable statements in their speeches.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday said the BJP would neither get the votes of Ali nor Bajrang Bali in the Lok Sabha elections.
Mayawati was issued the notice over her speech in Deoband appealing to Muslims not to vote for a particular party, finding that the BSP chief had prima facie violated the model code of conduct. Adityanath was served the notice for his "Ali" and "Bajrang Bali" remarks while addressing a rally in Meerut. Adityanath had compared the Lok Sabha elections to a contest between 'Ali', a revered figure in Islam, and Bajrang Bali, the Hindu god Hanuman.
During the rally Sunday, Mayawati said the Congress was busy dividing the votes and cautioned the gathering to guard against any such attempt.
Lok Sabha polls 2019 kicked off to a troubled start on Thursday with two people being killed in clashes in Andhra Pradesh, IED blasts in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, reports of EVM glitches and multiple complaints from voters about their names not being on the electoral list. More than 14 crore people were listed to vote in the first phase, held in 91 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states and two union territories. The second phase of polling will be held on April 18. And a lot is still waiting to happen in the run up to it. Stay tuned to this space as we bring to you live and latest updates from the general election 2019.
Nine Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh will go to polls on April 11. The high-voltage election campaign for nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh going to polls in the first phase has ended . In the first phase of polling in UP, votes will be cast in Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Stressing that the party which had failed to fulfil the promises made in 2014 had no moral right to release a fresh manifesto, BSP president Mayawati on Monday said the BJP ought to have issued an action-taken report instead.
UP accounts for the highest number of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the country.
During the rally Sunday, Mayawati said the Congress was busy dividing the votes and cautioned the gathering to guard against any such attempt.
"Not a single vote should be divided. Both the BJP and the Congress are same. There is not much difference between these parties," Yadav said.
At the rally, Mayawati assured the electorate that if voted to power, farmers will no longer be in debt.
Her remarks came three days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared that the Indian Army was 'Modiji ki sena'.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi Tuesday released his party's manifesto for Lok Sabha polls.
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The BSP could not win any seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
"The ruling BJP calling the Congress slogan of Garibi Hatao 2.0 as bluff is true. But is poll bluff and reneging on poll promises the sole domain of the BJP?" Mayawati asked in a tweet.
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