Jana Sena, BSP tie up in AP; Kalyan wants Mayawati to be PM
: The Jana Sena Sunday announced an electoral tie-up with the Bahujan Samaj Party in Andhra Pradesh, allotting three Lok Sabha and 21 assembly seats to it for the April 11 elections.
Announcing this, Sena president Pawan Kalyan said he wished to see BSP chief Mayawati as the Prime Minister.
Kalyan had met Mayawati in Lucknow two days ago.
BSP senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Veer Singh came to Vijayawada Sunday to formalise the alliance.
Accordingly, the BSP has been allotted SC reserved Lok Sabha seats Chittoor, Tirupati and Bapatla.
The 21 assembly seats have not been finalised yet.
Many could not appreciate her personality and greatness. Country needs a strong leader like Mayawati as Prime Minister. This is the wish of crores of people and mine too, Kalyan told reporters here.
A few years ago he was asked to be the BSP AP unit president but he could not oblige because of the then political situation, the Sena chief said.
Veer Singh said AP needed a Chief Minister ...