New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday did not rule out joining hands with arch rival Mayawati to prevent Presidents rule in case of a fractured mandate and asserted that it will retain power in Uttar Pradesh.
Samajwadi Party MP and cousin of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Dharmendra Yadav said, “The Samajwadi Party fought the polls on the plank of development and the people of Uttar Pradesh will again repose their faith in us. The SP-Congress alliance will come to power in the state.”
The SP leader when asked to comment on any possibility of alignment with the Bahujan Samaj Party said: “We will not allow President’s rule in the state at any cost. A government chosen by the people will come to power in the state.”
He also sidelined the projections Exit polls of a splintered verdict and said that his party will win at any cost.
SP may join arch rival Mayawati to prevent BJP come in power
On other hand, Akhilesh Yadav yesterday had said that the Bharatiya Janata Party would not be allowed to “remote control” Uttar Pradesh in the event of a hung assembly. He added that his party remaining evasive about joining hands with Mayawati.
In an interview to leading Hindi international new channel, about aligning with BSP chief Mayawati, he said: “I address the leader of the BSP with a respectable name “bua” (aunty) and would not like to say anything beyond this as of now.”
