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| Will Samajwadi Party join the UPA |
| Will Samajwadi Party join the UPA Govt at Centre?
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| INDIA
, 18-March-2012
1:35:33 AM |
| It's a war that has been playing out in the political arena between two allies for quite some time. While the Trinamool Congress and its chief have been more livid in expressing her displeasure over different issues - removal of Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi over passenger fare hike being the latest - the Congress too is not ready to back down.
The politically fraught situation has been exacerbated by reports that the Congress has been sending overtures to the Samajwadi Party in a bid to replace the Trinamool Congress in the ruling coalition at the Centre.
And in a statement that could deal another blow to Ms Banerjee, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that he has no objection to the Samajwadi Party joining the government. "I have no objection to their (the SP's) joining the government. While any decision on the SP joining the government will be taken at the government of India level, it will not affect our prospects in Uttar Pradesh. In 2014 also, we will be fighting on our own and not with the SP or any other party," he told the Indian Express.
Samajwadi Party leader, Shahid Siddiqui, however, told NDTV that it's too early to decide on that.
"I think there is not much of a difference at the Central level between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party. We were very clear and our leader Mulayam Singh had made it clear during the campaigning for UP polls that Samajwadi Party will continue to support the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre. It had nothing to do with electoral results in Uttar Pradesh. Because of our victory in UP polls, not only the Congress but everybody is looking to us and we have very good relations with Trinamool Congress, Mulayam Singh ji has great respect for Mamata di. And we won't do anything that would create differences between the two parties. So, our support is very much there, but I believe it's too early. Let's not come to conclusion at the moment," he said.
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