LUCKNOW/KOLKATA — Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party's PM candidate, was snubbed by two women fire-brand leaders — Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee — of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal respectively. Both of them on Friday dashed any hopes of a post-poll alignment with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), an option about which Narendra Modi had talked in his recent interview to a news channel. Modi had hinted that his party may consider post-election alliances in the event of a hung Parliament, even with parties that he has clashed with during the campaign. In his interview to the Times Now channel on Thursday, the BJP leader had said that “election-time vitriol need not impact post-poll alliances.” “Politics isn't conducted on the basis of what is said in the course of election campaign,” Modi had claimed that if needed he might seek support of AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa, Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee and BSP national president...” Reacting to Modi's overtures, Mayawati told reporters in Lucknow: “I want to make it clear that BSP will not extend any kind of support to Modi or NDA to form the government at any cost.” Rejecting the possibility of a tie up with BJP, Trinamool Congress also said, “if he says BJP's doors are open for a Modi-led government, then I will use the same analogy to say that our doors are shut and the keys have been thrown away.” However, there was no reaction from Chennai either from the Tamil Nadu chief minister or her party AIADMK. Mayawati told reporters on Friday that Modi's statement betrayed nervous on his part as the BJP has realized that it might not be able to form the government. “When elections started, Modi was claiming that NDA will not require support of any other party. No party talks about taking support of any other party unless it is unsure of its victory...The interview of Modi is a ploy to create confusion in the minds of minority community which are voting for us,” she said.
