New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, whose party holds the key in the up-coming Presidential poll, on Friday remained non-committal on BSP’s stand but said she would talk to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
On her first visit to the Capital after taking over the reins of the state for the fourth time, Mayawati addressed a crowded press conference saying she would be meeting only these two leaders during her stay.
Noting that she was supporting the Congress-led coalition at the Centre to keep "communal forces" at bay, Mayawati, in fact, threw hints that she was ready to do business with the UPA on the "important issue".
Replying to a volley of questions, the BSP chief said, "I will be able to open my cards (on the Presidential polls) only after consultations with party MPs, MLAs and other leaders. I know this is a very important issue and a decision needs to be taken carefully."
She also dodged a question on supporting President A P J Abdul Kalam for a second term in office and whether her party would field a candidate for the top job saying, "Whatever decision would be taken only after consulting party leaders."
Rejecting suggestions that her party would join the Government at the Centre, she said her party was an outside supporter of the Congress-led coalition at the Centre and this would continue.
"We had given the support (to UPA) to keep communal forces at bay and it will continue," she said rejecting a question whether BSP will join the government at the Centre.
"We had not done so even when we were in the opposition in Uttar Pradesh," she said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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