BSP calls off alliance with INLD, cites Chautalas’ split

CHANDIGARH: Blaming the split within the Chautala family for “weakening” the alliance, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Saturday snapped its nearly nine-month-old association with Haryana’s main opposition, the INLD, and forged ties with the LSP, an outfit floated by rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini. The development came three days after Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Chautala had claimed that the alliance was intact. The party had suffered a humiliating defeat in the recent bypolls to Jind Assembly.