The Economic Times

Title : Maya isn't Mulayam on SP Chief

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Article Date : 08/14/2014

The coming together of two Ms of Uttar Pradesh -Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawatigrabbed
headlines for most part of the day but by late evening was dismissed by both sides as mere speculation.
It started with Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's off the cuff remark that he was willing to
join hands with Mayawati if the Rashtriya Janat Dal chief Lalu Prasad could convince her. He was
making a remark on Laloo's repeated statements exhorting both the UP leaders to come together to take
on a resurgent BJP . While sharing the stage with his arch rival turned foe former Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar on Monday , Laloo had said that like he had come together with Nitsih to take on BJP,
Mulayam and Mayawati too should join hands.
Previously too he had spoken about it on sev eral occasions.
Samajwadi Party leaders said that Mulayam was tauntingat Laloo's constant remarks that he join hands
with Mayawati. When pressed by reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday he said If Lalu manages to
hold her by the hand and bring her to me I am willing to align with the BSP.
This triggered a flurry of speculation of the coming together of the two arch rivals in the battle ground of
Uttar Pradesh.
Both the SP and BSP received a drubbing at the hands of the BJP in the recent Lok Sabha polls. While
the BJP bagged 71 seats and 2 went to its ally Apna Dal, the ruling Samajwadi Party could only hold on
to 5 seats of the 80 in the state. The worst f ate was that of Mayawati's BSP .
It was wiped out from the entire state failing to win a single seat. Many speculated about the coming
together of the SP and BSP in the days to come to take on the BJP wave. The SP and BSP have been
allies in the past forming a joint government in 1993.


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