Even as SP-BSP announced a 37-38 seat sharing formula in UP for the Lok Sabha 2019 elections, the Samajwadi party veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday questioned the newly stitched alliance and said that people within his party are destroying the outfit in a veiled dig at his son Akhilesh Yadav.
Mulayam underscored that the Samajwadi Party was a strong party, which won several elections on its own.
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“Who is destroying the party? Our own people from the party. It was such a strong party. Formed government alone for three times, all three times we (SP) became the Chief Minister, we were also the Raksha Mantri, and we were strong. I am not doing politics but saying what is correct,” Mulayam Singh Yadav said at an event in SP office here.
Speaking on the final day of the Budget Session of Parliament on February 13, Mulayam had created a flutter in the political corridor, saying, “I want to congratulate the Prime Minister that he tried to move ahead taking everyone along. I hope all members will win and return and you (Prime Minister Modi) become the prime minister again.”
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His comment came on the heels for SP-BSP statement announcing the seat-sharing pact for 2019 Lok Sabha polls – SP fighting on 37 seats and the BSP on 38 seats. RLD (Rashtriya Lok Dal) got three seats. The SP-BSP alliance will not contest any candidate from Amethi and Rae Bareli.
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