BSP calls off alliance with INLD, forges ties with Saini’s LSP

CHANDIGARH: The BSP on Saturday called off its nearly nine-month-old alliance with Haryana’s main opposition Indian National Lok Dal (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 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 and former UP CM Mayawati, the BSP today ends alliance with the INLD and ties up with the Loktantra Suraksha Party (LSP),” BSP Haryana incharge Meghraj told media.