New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN): After its candidate from Guna switched sides days before polling, the BSP continued its campaign in a bid to ensure that he gets more votes and spoils the prospects the party he jumped to.

BSP candidate from Guna, Lokendra Singh Dhakad, switched loyalty to Congress s Jyotiraditya Scindia a few days before the polling day. On April 29, when the last date of withdrawal of nomination for the sixth phase was already over, Dhakad joined the Congress, saying he was impressed by Scindia and wanted to work for him. He started seeking votes for Scindia from that point.

BSP supremo Mayawati was so angry that she threatened to reconsider her party s support to the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, alleging that it misused official machinery to force its official nominee to withdraw. There was no way the BSP could have fielded another candidate so she announced that the party will respond by only contesting on its symbol. She asked cadres to continue seeking votes for the party symbol.