SP Can’t Wait Any Longer For Tie-Up With Congress in MP: Akhilesh

“Can’t wait any longer for an alliance with the Congress for the MP polls,” says SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav.

The Samajwadi Party said on Saturday, 6 October, that it will no longer wait for the Congress to decide on an alliance for Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, suggesting it preferred Mayawati's BSP.

The SP's snub to the Congress comes just days after Mayawati ruled out any alliance between the BSP and the Congress for Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh during Assembly elections. This move, which could take a hit at the opposition’s efforts to form an anti-BJP front before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

“The Congress has made us wait for too long. How much longer must we wait? We will now consult the Gondwana Gantantra party with which we had an alliance, and also the BSP, for the coming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.”

Ankhilesh Yadav, President, Samajwadi Party