Left Amethi, Rae Bareli for Congress to ensure BJP's defeat: Mayawati 

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that the SP-BSP-RLD alliance has left out Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats for Congress to contest to ensure that the BJP does not gain.

"Humne desh mein, janhit mein khaskar BJP-RSS wadi takaton ko kamzor karne ke liye UP mein Amethi-Raebareli LS seat ko Congress party ke liye isiliye chhod diya taki iske dono sarvoch neta dono seaton se hi phirse chunav lade aur in dono seaton mein ulajh kar na reh jaye," she told media.

She added that she is confident that each and every vote for the 'alliance' in the two constituencies will go to the Congress.

"Phir kahin BJP iska fayda UP ke bahar kuch zyada na utha le. Ise khas dhyan mein rakhkar hi, hamare gathbandhan ne dono seaten Congress ke liye chhod di thi. Mujhe poori ummeed hai ke hamare gathbandhan ka ek ek vote har halat mein dono Congress neta ko milne wala hai," Mayawati said.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has said that the SP-BSP-RLD alliance will decide who will form the government and who will be the next prime minister of the country.

"BJP can see no other way. They're not talking about development, farmers' income. PM just wants to mislead people," Yadav said.

He alleged that PM Modi does the "opposite of whatever he says" and called him "180 degree PM".

"He is the PM of only 1% of the population. So he has this issue that how those in the favour of social justice are taking the nation towards a change," he noted.