Lucknow, Feb. 18 -- As the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections draw closer, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday cautioned her supporters against intensified conspiracies and tactics by political rivals aimed at sidelining the BSP from power.

Addressing a press conference, she urged all followers of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, both in the state and nationwide, to unite and strengthen the Ambedkarite movement to uphold self-respect.

"As elections (in UP) will near, those who are against us will try even more to keep us away from power and conspire against us. "All 'Ambedkarwadis' not just in UP but across the nation must continue to work to strengthen Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's movement for attaining self-respect," she said.

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