Join Hands With BJP; SP Alliance Won’t Last: Athawale to Mayawati

Recalling Mayawati’s past electoral successes with the BJP, Athawale said that the SP-BSP alliance “will not last.”

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday, 21 January, implored Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati to reconsider her tie-up with the Samajwadi Party for the upcoming polls and asked her to form an alliance with the BJP instead.

Recalling Mayawati’s past electoral successes when paired with the BJP, Athawale said that the SP alliance “will not yield the desired electoral gains.”