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Cong, BJP against reservation: Mayawati Press Trust Of India Sunday, September 16, 2007 (Vadodara) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mayawati alleged that there is a conspiracy by the Congress and BJP for not providing reservations to poor among the upper castes. ''I had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding reservations for poor among upper castes and told him that BSP was ready to support the ruling alliance to make an amendment in the Constitution,'' Mayawati said at a Bahujan Samaj Party rally organized to kick-off party's election campaign in Gujarat. ''However, the Prime Minister had replied in negative about the proposal of the BSP,'' said Mayawati, who aims to repeat her success of backward class-Brahmin alliance in Gujarat after acquiring power in Uttar Pradesh. After coming to power in UP, her party has implemented reservations of 10 per cent each for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, minorities and weaker sections of upper castes in new industrial units or projects in UP, she added. ''If it can be done in UP, then why it cannot be done at national level?'' she asked. ''Both the parties (Congress and BJP) are closer to corporate houses and capitalists, so they will oppose such amendments in the Constitution,'' she said. People should bring BSP to power in Gujarat as well, she said at the rally, which was delayed by two hours due to poor turnout at the Polo Ground.
