By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, Jan. 1: Bahujan Samaj Party president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati, is planning to set up a political coalition of Dalits, backward classes, upper castes and minorities in the state. She wants to build up this coalition as an alternative to the Congress, Telugu Desam and Telangana Rashtra Samiti.
The BSP supremo has contacted certain backward class, upper caste, Dalit and minority leaders of the state and will be holding talks with them when she lands here on January 5, a day before the Bahujan Maha Sammelan public meeting in the city.
She will be exploring the possibility of forming a common political platform to bring them all together.“We want to create an egalitarian society which will serve the interests of both upper castes and Dalits,” said BSP state president, Mr N. Surya Prakash Rao.
BSP sources claimed that several prominent personalities including MP, Mr A. Narendra, actress and Talli Telangana president, Ms Vijayashanti, former advocate general, Mr S. Ramchandra Rao and TRS rebel MLAs were likely to join the BSP in the presence of Mayawati on January 6.
Mr Ramachandra Rao, however, said he had not made up his mind yet and would do so only after meeting Ms Mayawati. Ms Vijayashanti firmly ruled out joining the BSP. At the same time, Mr Narendra’s aides said he would take a final decision on the issue after a meeting with party workers on Wednesday.
Ms Mayawati would also announce her support for separate Telangana in the public meet to woo outfits other than the TRS fighting for the cause. “We will popularise the slogan that Mayawati alone can make Telangana a reality,” said Mr Surya Prakasa Rao.
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