Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday clearly stated they will forge an alliance with the Congress party only if they are offered a respectable number of seats.


Mayawati's reaction came amid reports that she asked the Congress party to forge an alliance in election-bound states including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan.


"The BSP will contest elections as a part of coalition government only if it gets a respectable number of seats," Mayawati said in a press briefing. Mayawati also cornered the Centre over the Alwar lynching incident and said, "Mob lynching is a deed of the narrow-minded BJP members and supporters, but they consider it patriotism. I condemn the Alwar lynching incident but think that BJP would not be able to take appropriate action in the case. Therefore, I request Court to intervene," she said.


Highlighting the rise in lynching incidents in the country, she said the BJP government will always be remembered for taking immature decisions.
-- ANI