Rashtriya Lok Dal, Janata Dal(U) and a local outfit BS-4 announced their alliance for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, on Monday after SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav ruled out entering into any alliance.
The alliance will contest on all the 403 Assembly seats. In a joint press conference, RLD Chief Ajit Singh and JDU Chief Sharad Yadav said:
There is no name of this alliance as of now but it will be an honest alliance. Though this is an alliance of three parties, talks are on with other smaller outfits.
Attacking Mulayam, Ajit Singh, during the Bihar Assembly polls had said that all 'Lohia wadi' and 'Charan Singh wadi' parties had agreed to enter into an "alliance with SP" but SP had declined.
“Now, when alliance talks were on with SP, Mulayam talked about a merger,” Ajit Singh said, wondering aloud – “Why does Mulayam not want an alliance against communal forces?”
JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav said that they had been trying to build a united front for a long time and "Mulayam was projected as a leader but it did not materialise."
"I would have merged my party with SP on Mulayam's call but no time is left for this," he said.
The SP supremo had recently ruled out any alliance for the UP Assembly polls, but had said mergers with his party could be considered.
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