CHENNAI, Aug 17: Bahujan Samaj Party leader, Kanshi Ram, today described the Bharatiya Janata Party as a `super vulture' and ruled out any alliance with that party in the event of a snap poll, though Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati would hand over power to the BJP on September 21 as agreed.

Speaking to media persons here, Kanshi Ram admitted that the BSP and BJP had different ideologies. ``We, in the BSP, stand for change and the BJP for status quo. Change and status quo do not go together. I can't say that we will continue to support them in the next six months after handing over power. But we have decided to fulfill our promise and hand over the government to the BJP,'' the BSP leader told reporters.

Asked to comment on how long the BJP Government would last, Kanshi Ram quipped, ``It all depends on their performance. We have promised to work for change, despite knowing that the next six months there will be status quo. It is part of our agreement that they (BJP) would carry on the developmental programmes begun by us.''

Admitting that there was instability in the country, he said, ``We are waiting like a vulture'' for the fall of the United Front Government. He categorically ruled out any alliance with the BJP, which he described as a ``super vulture'', in the case of a snap poll.

``This applies to Uttar Pradesh as well. The present alliance in UP is only a stop-gap arrangement. Ideologically speaking we should not go together. But these are compulsions of practical politics,'' he added.On an alliance at the national level in the event of a mid-term poll, he said, ``The BSP is always searching for a ladder. Our objective is to keep on rising until we capture power at the Centre. We have also made our intentions known that we are searching for a ladder. We have the right plan but we are waiting for the appropriate time.''

He recalled that the BSP, under pressure when the Congress was in power in UP, had managed to get only two per cent votes in March, 1985. But this had been enough to make the Congress lose 85 seats. In the May, 1996, elections, while the BSP had improved its position to 21 per cent, the Congress (I) had fared badly, bagging a mere eight per cent of the votes in UP, forcing Congress to seek alliance with the BSP.

``In October 1996, the BSP got 29 per cent votes and the Congress (I)'s performance crashed further to just four per cent. In the next elections in UP, we are hoping that the BSP will capture 42 per cent votes and the Congress will get only two per cent, from where the BSP started,'' he said.

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