“We have tried BJP thrice in UP and there has not been any change in their thinking and ideology. When we were in a coalition we ran the government as per our ideology and once they tried to interfere in it we opted out,” she said.
“Instead of issues like unemployment, corruption and poverty, the coming elections appear to be a contest between two ideologies of communalism and secularism,” she said, adding that most parties have fielded their candidates keeping this fact in mind.
The former chief minister asserted that her party would fight the coming polls with all its strength to check communal parties from coming to power and, at the same time, said that Congress-led UPA which has “failed on all fronts” should not be allowed to return.
Asked whether she would take the help of Samajwadi Party for government formation, she said that BSP does not consider it as a secular party.
