Madhya Pradesh: Mayawati says BSP will continue to support Kamal Nath-led government

Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday said that it will continue to provide outside support to the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, reported NDTV. “We extended outside support to the Congress government to prevent communal and casteist forces from taking over, and a decision to continue supporting it has been taken at the national president’s level,” said Bahujan Samaj Party vice president Ramji Gautam. Two Bahujan Samaj Party legislators – Sanju Kushwah from Bhind and Rambai Thakur from Pathariya – a Samajwadi Party legislator and four Independent lawmakers support the Kamal Nath government. The Congress has 114 legislators in Madhya Pradesh’s 230-member Assembly while the Bharatiya Janata Party has 109 MLAs. ADVERTISEMENT Gautam said there was no question of the party’s legislator being included in the Cabinet. “The stand of our party chief, Mayawati, has always been clear,” he said, according to NDTV. “We will support the government in Madhya Pradesh from outside and not accept any post in the government.”

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