Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), March 20 -- : BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday announced that she will not contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
Mayawati told ANI that it's more important for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance to win each and every seat it is contesting rather than her winning the polls.
She, however, laid stress that if needed, post elections, she can easily make her way to Lok Sabha by asking one of her MP's to vacate a seat for her.
"If I will contest then my party workers, despite of my telling them not to do so, will spend all their energy in campaigning for me in the particular Lok Sabha constituency I choose to contest from. This will certainly not be in the interest of the party," said Mayawati.
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