Video : Mayawati announces BSP tie-up with SP in Lok Sabha polls

BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday announced that her party and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will fight together in an alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

#WATCH: BSP Chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav address a joint press briefing in Lucknow https://t.co/tVzUqZAclX

— ANI (@ANI) January 12, 2019

She described the alliance as a new political revolution that will rob Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party National President Amit Shah off their sleep.

BSP Chief Mayawati: Ye Pradhanmantri Modi ji ki or BJP ke national president Amit Shah, in dono Guru-chele ki neend udane wali press conference hai. pic.twitter.com/0r9VPL4bYW

— ANI (@ANI) January 12, 2019

Addressing a press conference jointly with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, she said the alliance has the capacity to stop the BJP from coming to power again.