BJP not to align with BSP, SP for govt-formation in UP: Swaraj

GHAZIABAD: The BJP will prefer to sit on the opposition benches rather than forming a government with the support of the BSP or the SP, senior party leader Sushma Swaraj said here today.

Addressing a string of poll rallies here, she said her party, if it did not secure a majority, would prefer to sit as an opposition party in the legislative assembly.

It would not seek the support of either the BSP or the SP in government-formation in the state, Swaraj said.

Turning to Muslims, she said her party was opposed to the policy of appeasement of the community pursued by several political parties.

Some parties considered Muslims as their vote banks and were indulging in appeasement of the community, the BJP leader said.

She said the quota promised by some political leaders for the community was not realistic and feasible.

Referring to the 2G spectrum controversy, Swaraj said it was the BJP which had exposed this scandal.

Her party had always raised its voice against corruption and black money, the two evils plaguing the UPA government at the Centre, she said.

Swaraj said the Congress was responsible for all the scams in the country and did nothing to bring back the black money stashed in foreign banks.