Mayawati prefers becoming PM

Lucknow, April 28: BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday trashed SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s remark suggesting that the BJP could make her the President, saying she would prefer becoming the country’s prime minister someday to realise her goals for the downtrodden.
Reacting to the dig at her on Wednesday, Mayawati said she never aspired to be the President and the Samajwadi Party leader was dreaming about it only to clear his own path to become the Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
“I can only dream of becoming the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and the prime minister of the country in the days to come but can never dream of becoming the President,” the Bahujan Samaj Party leader, who has been chief minister four times, told reporters.
Reacting to Mayawati’s comments, Akhilesh Yadav said he also wanted that to happen for which he tied up with the BSP in 2019.
“I am happy with it. I also wanted that. Last time (during 2019 Lok Sabha polls) the alliance was forged for this.”
“Had the alliance continued, the people of ‘Bahujan Samaj’, BSP and those who follow principles of Bhim Rao Ambedkar would have seen who would become the prime minister,” he said in reply to reporters’ question. (PTI)