LUCKNOW: In the midst of talks of a possible alliance between BSP and Congress for upcoming assembly elections in three states, BSP chief Mayawati has called Congress and BJP two sides of the same coin, holding them both equally responsible for the increase in price of diesel and petrol.Mayawati said that her party did not participate in the Congress organised Bharat Bandh on Monday to protest the price rise because BSP does not believe in protesting in a way that would impact the common man. "Our way of protesting is constitutional. Our party criticises the violence that took place in the name of the protest but also objects to police action against protesters in some other states," she said.The former UP CM also accused BJP of having become arrogant like the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in its second term, and taking anti-people steps which would see it being voted out of power."When UPA 2 came to power in 2010, it deregulated petrol. After BJP came to power, on October 18, 2014 it took forward Congress’ policy and deregulated diesel as well. They sold it as a huge economic improvement then. Now, four years later the result of BJP’s anti-public policy can be seen when price of essential goods like petrol, diesel and cooking gas have sky rocketed," she said.The fuel price hike , Mayawati said, was having an impact on cost of other essential items as well and among others, had severely affected farmers. Calling BJP stubborn for refusing to regulate fuel prices even in an election year, she alleged that BJP did not want to upset its industrialist friends. "These industrialists funded BJP’s campaign last time and BJP wants to come to power again on the back of their funding which is why they do not want to upset them," she said.She said that BJP was being stubborn and its anti-people decisions like demonetisation and GST, implemented without any planning, would see it being voted out of power. "In its five years, BJP has repeated almost the same kinds of mistakes made by Congress in taking incorrect financial decisions, being mired in corruption etc. Our party also doesn’t agree with the Centre’s claim that it cannot do anything to control fuel prices. It can take back fuel under government control or even take strict policy measures to ensure that oil companies keep prices under control," she said.