The Rashtriya Lok Dal is set to contest all the 403 assembly seats in alliance with the JD-U and some smaller parties in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, says its UP chief Masood Ahmad.
A lot of flip-flops have been going on since the last two days on the matter of including the party in the so-called “alliance” by the Samajwadi Party (SP).
SP’s national vice-president Kiranmoy Nanda had indicated on Thursday that the party will tie up only with Congress for the UP assembly elections. There were reports that RLD had asked for more seats than what the SP was ready to part with.
Meanwhile, Congress on Friday indicated that RLD’s joining the alliance may not be ruled out even as its chief spokesperson said “it is premature” for him to comment on the issue when asked about RLD’s fate in the alliance.
The SP also said it has not got any "positive response" from Congress on alliance and that it could give the party only 85 of 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh.