(With inputs from PTI)

LUCKNOW: Raising questions over the future of the Mahagathbandhan , BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday announced that her party will contest by-elections on all 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh on its own.Addressing a party meeting in Delhi on Monday, Mayawati asked office bearers, MLAs and newly-elected MPs to be prepared to contest the assembly by-elections on their own.Her remarks, sources said, are significant as the BSP does not usually contest bypolls.She said that the BSP won 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh due to BSP's traditional vote bank and the votes of Samajwadi Party could not get transferred to its candidates.She cited poor performance of its alliances in various states during assembly and Lok Sabha elections to drive home the point that the BSP will have to strengthen its own organisational structure and not to depend on other parties to win votes.Ending years of bitter rivalry, the BSP and SP had joined hands for the Lok Sabha elections, claiming that the alliance would not end with the parliamentary polls.However, Mayawati's sudden announcement came as a surprise to many even as her party has not taken an official stand on the future of its partnership with the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP.BSP had contested 38 out of 80 UP seats in the Lok Sabha polls and won 10, while the SP fielded candidates on 37 seats and won only five.While BSP's result was seen as a major achievement since the party drew a blank in the 2014 general election, Mayawati was reportedly unhappy as she was expecting to win more than 20 seats.After the results were announced on May 23, Mayawati left for Delhi to hold review meetings and assess her party's performance in the elections. She reportedly analyzed whether or not the vote transfer between the BSP and SP took place successfully and if the Congress was able to dent the alliance's prospects.