Samajwadi Party has quit the Nitish Kumar-led ‘grand alliance’ in Bihar ahead of the polls in November. SP’s Parliamentary Board has decided to contest Bihar elections independently, Ram Gopal Yadav said at a press conference in Lucknow on Thursday.
The Mulayam Singh Yadav-led SP says it feels insulted at not being consulted over seat sharing for the Bihar polls and will contest it alone.
The Samajwadi Party has not been allotted any seat in the upcoming polls, and has complained of complete neglect. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had also questioned the “meagre” three seats offered to it, while JD(U) and RJD got 100 each and Congress 40, and termed it “an insult” by alliance partners.
SP played the biggest role in bringing Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad together, as well as, forging the secular grand alliance. But, in turn it has been completely ignored. We were not even consulted during the seat distribution. We have started an indefinite fast to protest the treatment meted out to us.
— Ram Chandra Yadav, SP Bihar President
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