BSP calls off alliance with INLD, forges ties with LSP

Chandigarh, Feb. 9: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday called off its nearly nine- month- old alliance with Haryana’s main Opposition INLD and forged ties with LSP, an outfit floated by rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini.

The development comes days after Om Prakash Chautala- led Indian National Lok Dal ( INLD) suffered a humiliating defeat in the Jind bypolls, with party candidate Umed Singh Redhu forfeiting his security deposit, amid the ongoing family feud in the Chautala family. “On the directions of BSP national president Mayawati, the BSP today ends alliance with the INLD and ties up with the Loktantra Suraksha Party ( LSP),” BSP lader Meghraj told reporters.