LUCKNOW, Aug. 12 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati appealed to students and Gen Z to stay away from the "conspiracies" of both the ruling and opposition camps, as she accused the BJP and the Congress of trying to "hijack" youth protests for their own political interests. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, she said students and young people across the country were deeply concerned about their problems and the BSP remained "serious and sensitive" towards addressing them. Mayawati said the BJP and the Congress party and its allies disrupted Parliament functioning - they use various pretexts to divert and distract public attention from burning issues concerning the nation. "It appears to be either a case of internal collusion aimed at shifting public focus away from the shortcomings of their respective central and state governments, or a conspiracy to seize power," she claimed. Mayawati alleged that the recent student and youth protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar was first launched by what she described as the "Cockroach Janata Party" (CGP), but was subsequently "hijacked" by the Congress and its allies. She alleged that Parliament had still not been able to function under its cover. She said a similar situation emerged in Ranchi, where students and youths were protesting over their issues but was later "hijacked" by BJP and its allies. She said the BSP government created employment opportunities in both the public and private sectors, addressing students' issues in a timely manner. "We lifted the long-standing freeze on government recruitment - a policy of previous administrations that had severely hampered departmental operations," she added. "Public sector has been weakened at every level in favour of private sector - a trend rapidly continuing across the country. Capitalists are growing ever more powerful, while the poor and unemployed are falling further behind," she alleged. "Although our party is not opposed to the private sector, the marginalised sections ought to receive reservation there, just as they do in government jobs, said Mayawati....