Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday dismissed reports of an alliance with BJP as "false, baseless, and malicious". Urging workers to stay alert, she said, "BSP is neither part of the BJP-led NDA alliance nor the Congress-led INDIA bloc." She blamed a "misinformation campaign" by "casteist mindsets" aimed at weakening the Ambedkarite movement and misleading Dalits, tribals, and OBCs.