No SP alliance with Congress in MP
Yadav accuses Congress of having shown no willingness to join hands with like-minded parties
The Samajwadi Party (SP) yesterday ruled out any alliance with the Congress for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said they waited long to come to an understanding, but the Congress had shown no willingness to join hands with like-minded parties to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “We have waited till now but not any longer,” the former Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister said.
The party will either contest the polls on its own or in an alliance with the Gondwana Party, he added. “The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has already declined any tie-up with the grand old party,” he said.
In an indirect reference to senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s statement that the BSP was not aligning with the Congress against the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, for fear of the Enforcement Directorate and CBI, Yadav said SP and BSP were not scared of anything. The SP was ready to explore the possibility of a coalition with the BSP in Madhya Pradesh, he said
The Congress and SP contested the UP assembly polls together in 2017 but the alliance did not work in their favour as the BJP stormed to power with a landslide victory.