Mayawati alleges misuse of official machinery by BJP in civic polls

Lucknow: Enthused by the party's performance in the civic polls in which it snatched two mayoral seats from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati thanked the sarv samaj for supporting her party candidates and blamed the BJP for misusing official machinery to win the elections.“Had BJP not misused the official machinery, BSP could have won more mayoral seats,” she claimed.

Ms Mayawati visited Risaldar Park area in the state capital on Saturday morning to pay tributes to Buddhist monk Bhante Pragyanand.Bhante Pragyanand, who came to India from Sri Lanka in 1942, died in Lucknow on November 30 following a prolonged illness. He was 90.(UNI)