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SP, Congress MLAs willing to
support us: BJP

In a major counteroffensive, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday claimed that over two dozen Congress and Samajwadi Party legislators were ready to support the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.

Party general secretary and spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi made this announcement two days after eight independent legislators ditched the Bahujan Samaj Party-BJP government.

Reacting to reports that dissident party MLA's had rejected the state unit's offer to arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Naqvi said, "There was no such proposal. Much earlier, they were told that if they wanted party president M Venkaiah Naidu and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani would meet them to listen to their grievances."

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who had sought an appointment with Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss a possible change of government, had claimed on Saturday that as many 15 BSP legislators wanted to break free.

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