On November 5, 2016, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati had convened a press conference at her Lucknow residence, where she categorically ruled out an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls in 2017.
She had, in fact, cautioned other parties against having any truck with the socialist outfit, claiming it would benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She was responding to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s suggestion to UP parties to forge an alliance on the lines of the “mahagathbandhan” in his home ...
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First Published: Sun, April 15 2018. 22:07 IST
