Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday said all parties are eager for an alliance with the BSP but there is "no question" of her party joining hands with either the BJP-led NDA or the opposition's I-N-D-I-A alliance. She made the comments in a series of posts on microblogging site X, a day ahead of the I-N-D-I-A alliance's meeting in Mumbai during which the opposition leaders are expected to chalk out a joint campaign strategy to take on the BJP-led NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Mayawati claimed that both the NDA and the I-N-D-I-A blocs consist of parties most of which have "anti-poor, casteist, communal, pro-rich and capitalist policies" against which the BSP's struggle continues. "That is why the question of contesting elections in alliance with them does not arise. Hence, I appeal to the media: No fake news please," she said.