BSP chief Mayawati has ruled out any possibility of a tie-up with the Samajwadi Party, SP, saying it is hand-in-glove with the BJP and that is why communal incidents are taking place and crimes against women are on the rise in Uttar Pradesh. She said her party will go it alone in elections and emerge victorious as people are fed up with lawlessness prevailing in the State under SP rule.

Mayawati was reacting to SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's statement that he is ready to join hands with BSP if RJD President Lalu Prasad mediates between them. A few days ago Lalu Prasad, at a rally in Bihar, had remarked that SP and BSP should come together in Uttar Pradesh on the lines of RJD, JD(U) and Congress combine to stop BJP's rise in Bihar.

Meanwhile, JDU chief Sharad Yadav said he initiated a move to restrain the BJP in Bihar and the party will see whether this kind of partnership can be broadened elsewhere.

BJP poked fun at JD (U), RJD and Congress for their alliance saying that it is immaterial as they will suffer defeat as in the Lok Sabha polls. Talking to reporters outside Parliament House, party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said JDU and RJD had been arch rivals of Congress and have now joined hands out of desperation.