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Mayawati said even "nexus between BJP and SP" will failto prevent BSP from coming to power in UP this time. She also took aim at Congress and Sheila Dikshit, sayingthe party has projected an "elderly lady from Brahmincommunity who has destroyed Delhi" as its chief ministerialcandidate to garner upper caste votes. "For a long time, they ruled at the Centre and in UP.They were ousted from power due to their wrong policies," shesaid. The BSP supremo said Congress was now talking about 10per cent reservation for economically backward among the uppercastes. Moreover, many jobs were in the private sector wherethere is no reservation, she said. "If their intention was good, they could have alreadydone it in their 54 years’ rule. I requested them severaltimes, but they didn’t take any cognisance," she said. She said that once BSP comes to power, the dream of’sarvjan hitay, sarvjan sukahey’ (happiness and prosperity forall) would become a reality. The BSP chief also sought to take the wind out of Congressparty’s rath yatra and padayatra, saying people would not bebefooled by these gimmicks. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to takeout a yatra from Deoria, also in eastern UP, in the first weekof September to highlight the plight of farmers and otherissues. She also criticised the recent tiranga yatra of BJP to paytributes to martyrs. Mayawati, who had kicked off her UP poll campaign fromAgra last week, said BSP alone could deliver the goods in thestate which had been reduced to ‘apradh (crime) pradesh’ wherewomen are insecure in all its 75 districts. PTI AVA SMI BSA SKBSA