Akhilesh Yadav has indicated he’s but to be invited to the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
New Delhi:
Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav has indicated the door to the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has not been opened for him but. His feedback come even because the Congress and the Samajwadi Get together are holding seat-sharing talks in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha election due in two months.
Each the Congress and the Samajwadi Get together are a part of the newly fashioned Opposition bloc INDIA.
Mr Yadav, nonetheless, mentioned he’s but to get any invitation for the Congress yatra led by Rahul Gandhi, which entered West Bengal, then went to Bihar, after which returned to Bengal.
”The issue is that we do not get invited to many large occasions… So how will we ask for an invite ourselves?” Mr Yadav advised reporters when requested whether or not he would be part of the yatra when it enters UP.
When identified that the highest Samajwadi Get together chief was invited to the Ram temple consecration ceremony, he mentioned, ”We requested that (invitation) ourselves… After we knowledgeable them that our home was cleaned with Ganga jal (water), then we heard that they’ve determined to ask us.”
When the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra rolled into Bengal on January 25 morning, it adopted a brand new path to go shortly by the northern districts earlier than it entered neighbouring Bihar.
The yatra re-entered Bengal solely this week to go to the normal Congress strongholds of Malda and Murshidabad.
The last-minute change in plans was seen because the Congress and Rahul Gandhi reacting to the bombshell dropped by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that her occasion Trinamool Congress will not share seats with the Congress for the overall election.
Ms Banerjee had additionally mentioned she is reviewing her occasion’s membership of the INDIA bloc.
The Samajwadi Get together has introduced candidates on 11 seats, a few of which have been being claimed by the Congress.
Samajwadi Get together chief Ram Gopal Yadav in the present day mentioned they’ve declared 16 seats. ”We are going to declare extra seats in a few days. So on and so forth. The Congress and the Samajwadi Get together have reached a ultimate settlement in Uttar Pradesh,” Mr Yadav mentioned.
This unilateral announcement of first giving 16 seats to Congress after which declaring candidates on 11 seats has strained the ties between the 2 events. The Congress says that the seat sharing talks haven’t concluded but
Samajwadi Get together chief and Akhilesh Yadav’s spouse Dimple Yadav mentioned there shouldn’t be any additional delay in deciding candidates for the Lok Sabha election. ”This is a vital election. It’s an election to save lots of the Structure. There shouldn’t be any additional delay,” she mentioned.
Bahujan Samaj Get together chief Mayawati introduced in January that her occasion will go solo within the Lok Sabha polls, however didn’t rule out a post-poll alliance.