Dinesh Sharma on SP-BSP alliance working with Congress
The Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress are working together, alleged Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, even as the SP and BSP has left out the Rahul Gandhi-led party and has forged an alliance for upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state. Further, the deputy chief minister also urged people to not fall for the illusion created by the SP, BSP and Congress, as even if they vote for the newly stitched alliance it will work in the favour of Rahul Gandhi-led party.
Talking to the media in Lucknow, Sharma said, "The main reason behind making an alliance is because these people have become restless. They have joined hands just to get back into power.”
“The governments in Uttar Pradesh and in Centre are working transparently. This can be an alliance of politicians, their ideologies, but it would be hard to tell whether it will continue after their loss in the upcoming elections. There can't be an alliance between their workers,” he said.
"Congress, SP and BSP all work together. All these parties are scared of Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said the deputy chief minister.
Despite contesting separately in the general elections, if they will win any seats, then it will definitely benefit the Congress party. I want to tell people that giving Congress and SP-BSP separate votes is an illusion," he added.
An alliance of the SP and BSP was announced by Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday.
Both the parties will contest on 38 seats each, while they will not field their candidate against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli.
The two parties have also kept two seats for the smaller parties.
The Congress party, meanwhile, has said it would contest on all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
(With agency inputs)
