Went to lobby for my friend in BJP, says SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar

LUCKNOW: SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said there was nothing unusual in his ‘courtesy visit’ to state BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh. Talking to TOI after the meeting, he said that he has been meeting senior BJP leaders like deputy CMs Keshav Maurya, Dinesh Sharma and ministers Moti Singh and Mahendra Singh even after walking out of the NDA two years ago.
He, however, reiterated his party would never have an alliance with BJP again. “I am telling you 100% that there will be no alliance,” he told TOI.
When asked if there was nothing political in his visit to Swatantra Dev, why was he accompanied by a senior BJP leader, Rajbhar said: “The fact is that a BJP leader wants to be an MLC. Since he belongs to my district Ballia, I went to the UP BJP chief to lobby for his MLC seat. I didn’t go as a party chief but as friends from the same district.”