After BSP, Samajwadi Party rules out alliance with Congress ahead of elections

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Saturday said that it will no longer wait for the Congress for forming an alliance for the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh assembly elections.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said, “We will fight elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and speak to the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) and the BSP for an alliance in the two states. The Congress has made us wait for long. We can’t wait anymore. We are already in touch with the GGP for an alliance in Chhattisgarh. We will do the same for MP”.

Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party recently announced that it will not form an alliance with the Congress in the Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan assembly elections which will be held between November 12 and December 7.

On Friday, the Election Commission announced polls in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases - on November 12 and 20, while Madhya Pradesh will have voting on November 28 along with Mizoram. Rajasthan and Telangana will vote on December 7. Votes in all five states will be counted on December 11.

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