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Assembly poll not a referendum on Centre: Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, FEB. 11. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, today rejected Opposition contention that the outcome of the Assembly election would be a referendum on his Government and dismissed talk of a post-poll alliance with parties like the BSP in Uttar Pradesh.
``Where does the Centre come into the picture. The results may have a bearing on parties,'' he said in an informal chat with journalists here, after his election campaign programme in Bareilly and Agra was cancelled due to bad weather.
The Prime Minister said the NDA Government's performance was being ``appreciated'' by the people and the Opposition ``will be in difficulty if they tried to link the poll outcome with the Centre's performance''. ``There are no complaints against the Centre and if there are any, they are against the States,'' he said.
Expressing confidence that the BJP would get a majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Mr. Vajpayee said there was no question of a post-poll alliance with any party including the BSP.
-PTI
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