BSP chief Mayawati stated that the BJP may call for early Lok Sabha elections after its defeat in the parliamentary bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

She said, “In Uttar Pradesh, we wanted to teach the BJP a lesson and decided to support SP candidates so that it loses the seats earlier held by the chief minister and deputy chief minister, They have lost their sleep with this result.”

Mayawati added, “With yesterday's result, there is great possibility that the BJP will advance the Lok Sabha polls, which are otherwise to be held in 2019.”

She said that the party may hold Lok Sabha polls along with assembly elections in seven-eight states as, “They know that the more they delay, the more damaging it can be for them.”