BH-RAGHUVANSH ALLIANCE

Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh

Prasad Singh Sunday said that exclusion of Congress from the

SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh was wrong and not a good sign

for future alliances at national level.

Singh, RJD's national vice president, suggested that

the mistake should be rectified by including the "grand old

party" in the alliance.

RJD is part of the Grand Alliance in Bihar that

comprises Congress, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, Hindustani

Awam Morcha (S) and Mukesh Sahni's Vikassheel Insan Party

(VIP).

"This (SP-BSP alliance excluding Congress) is not

good. They have stitched an alliance leaving Congress out of

it. The grand alliance should be formed with Congress," Singh

told reporters here.

Arch rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj

Party (BSP) had yesterday announced a tie-up in Uttar Pradesh

for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sharing 38 seats each and

keeping the Congress out of the alliance.

He said the alliance was suited for the state but not

for politics at a national level.

"If we (opposition) have to provide an alternative on

national level, then all the forces opposing BJP must unite in

order to defeat them (BJP)," he said adding "it is high time

that they (SP-BSP) should rectify it (exclusion of Congress

from alliance)."

The Hindustani Awam Morcha (S), another constituent of

the Grand Alliance in Bihar, has also expressed reservation

over Congress' exclusion in the alliance announced by UP's

satraps Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav.

HAM(S) chief and former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi had said

"if they (SP-BSP) neglect Congress in UP, then they may have

to face loss as BJP may be able to gain from it".

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