Tampering of EVMs by BJP :  Our failure to form our own government in other states has helped the BJP to defeat us in Uttar Pradesh. They found that BSP is strong only in UP and not in other states and hence they thought that if they could finish us in UP, BSP will die a natural death in all other states. That is how they focused their entire strength to defeat us in UP. However, they could not win through fair means. They had to resort to fraudulent way of tampering the electronic voting machines (EVMs) to defeat us.

BJP and company had used the EVMs in 2014 itself to win the General Election. We thought that it was the mandate against the scams-ridden and scandals-tainted rule of Congress. But the election results of the five states held in March 2017 have exposed the EVM scandal of BJP. They could not win in Punjab, Uttarkhand, Goa and Manipur. In Goa and Manipur, Congress party got lead over the BJP. But BJP leaders have managed the other MLAs form their governments. In Uttarkhand, it was the internal quarrel of the Congress that gave a lead to the BJP. In Punjab, the anti-incumbency factor of Akali Dal gave the victory to Congress. BJP, being the partner of Akali Dal, lost the election. In all the above four states, they did not tamper with the EVMs and the results were on the expected lines. But in Uttar Pradesh, nobody expected that BJP would get such a huge margin of victory. The senior bureaucrats of UP, who are usually the first to know the results in advance, were making preparations to welcome the BSP Government. They were utterly surprised when the results were announced. I, seeing the trend of results late in the morning, went to the press and exposed the EVM fraud. Later on, we also launched nation-wide struggle against the fraud of EVMs and legal battle to get the VVPAT incorporated with EVMs. Thus, we are confronting the BJP at every step.

Modi told lies to the people by telling that he will deposit Rs15 lakhs in everybody’d bank account. But so far he did not do so.

He asked Siddharamaiah not to make the people as beggars by promising to give alms to them instead of providing jobs. He promised to regularise the obs of the poura karmikas (Arogya Rakshakas) and allot crores of rupees for the welfare of SC/STs. But the amount is being spent for PWD work to benefit the rich contractors.

All the leaders insisted that the cadres to go to the booth level and mobilise the voters to win the 2018 Karnataka Assembly Elections.