In a major setback to the Bahujan Samaj Party, six party MLAs in Rajasthan switched sides and joined the Congress. She said the Congress party in Rajasthan, by creating a split among the BSP MLAs, has once again proved that it is untrustworthy and a cheat.
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Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav termed the alliance between his party and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party a failed “scientific experiment”. He also said although the SP-BSP alliance has collapsed, his respect for Mayawati has remained intact.
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On a question of fighting among opposition parties, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said, “UP is a large state. We respect the decision of the Samajvadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, but we cannot euthanize ourselves.”
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Days after SP leader Akhilesh Yadav announced that he would be happy if the next prime minister is from UP, he avoided asking a direct question on whether he will back the leader of BSP, Mayawati, as the next PM, should the anti-BJP front come to power.
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Mayawati appealed to both the party workers of her own BSP and Akhilesh Yadav’s SP to set aside their personal differences and agendas and work together to ensure the victory of the newly formed SP-BSP alliance in this year’s Lok Sabha election.
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Amit Shah, said that the bua-bhatija (aunt-nephew) alliance (implying a tie up between Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati) will fail to prevent the BJP from winning maximum number of seats from the state.
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Akhilesh Yadav said, “We can give the Congress two seats in Uttar Pradesh they have always held,” referring to the Nehru-Gandhi family pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli.
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Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily, on Tuesday, said: “In the next Lok Sabha election, the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party will also be involved in the grand alliance of the opposition parties against BJP-led NDA.”
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While addressing a rally in Haryana’s Gohana, Chautala, the leader of the Indian National Lok Dal said, “We will work towards uniting the opposition parties so that Mayawati becomes the next prime minister.”
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