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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has announced that an alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Dal of Jayant Chaudhary has been fixed and that it is only seat-sharing that is to be discussed.
News reports also cited him as saying that he would not contest the coming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
However, party MLC Udaiveer Singh told Outlook that the issue has been blown out of proportion. 바카라It has been clarified by the party that he was misunderstood and that no decision on his contesting or not contesting has been taken yet,바카라 Udaiveer Singh said. 바카라Moreover, Akhilesh ji did not even contest assembly elections in the past. He contested Lok Sabha polls and when he became Chief Minister, he was a member of the legislative council and not the legislative assembly.바카라
Akhilesh Yadav also announced that Samajwadi Party would 바카라honour바카라 his estranged uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav바카라s supporters, suggesting that a rapprochement might be on the cards.
바카라He has always said that he has sammaan (respect) for Shivpal ji and his supporters. That will stay unless there is a tacit understanding between Shivpal ji and the BJP,바카라 said a party insider.
An Uttar Pradesh official however told Outlook on condition of anonymity: 바카라When Akhilesh started his yatra to kickstart his campaign along the Ganga from Bithur near Kanpur to Hamirpur recently, Shivpal Singh Yadav also started his yatra along the Yamuna from Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. It is said that the uncle and nephew had talked even at that time. Do not rule out any future understanding just yet.바카라
The official said not much should be read into whether Akhilesh Yadav contests the assembly elections or not: 바카라This is a trend in UP. When Mayawati was elected Chief Minister in 2007 and stayed in office for five years, she was also an MLC. She was re-elected as MLC in 2010 for another term. Even Rajnath Singh was MLC as Chief Minister.바카라
The important part of the statement, say insiders, is that Yadav has openly announced an alliance with the RLD, which may see a jump in its vote base because of the ongoing farm agitation, particularly in the sugarcane belt of west UP. If Muslims and Jats converge on the alliance, it can be a powerful combination in west UP, they say.
바카라The problem that SP faces is that even if the BJP loses 100 seats, it can still form the government easily. The visible activity of Priyanka Gandhi just before elections, despite the fact that the Congress is not a contender for power, can also damage the SP, if at all,바카라 an official in Uttar Pradesh said on condition of anonymity.
