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Ruling out any post-poll tie-up with the Third Front or the Left parties as long as the BSP is with them,the SP said it was,however,not averse to an alliance with the Congress.
“As long as our arch rival BSP chief Mayawati is with the Left parties or the Third Front,we are not going for any post-poll alliance them,” SP general secretary Amar Singh told reporters.
However,the party is not averse to an alliance with the Congress,he said.
“The Congress-led UPA ran the Government for the last one year with our help after the Left parties withdrew support (on the signing of the civil nuclear deal) but they turned down our offer of 17 seats in Uttar Pradesh. We had never been so ungrateful…however,we are not averse to a tie-up with the Congress in post-poll scenario if the situation demands,” Singh said.
Launching a scathing attack against the CPI(M) leadership,Singh said,”We had good relation with the CPI(M) during the time of Harkishen Singh Surjeet,but Prakash Karat is altogether a different person.”
On the question of prime ministership,he said,”The emerging situation will decide who will be the prime minister.
Let the Congress first win the confidence of magic number.”
