Mainpuri | Former arch rivals BSP chief Mayawati and SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav shared a stage today after 24 years, marking a new development in their bitter old relationship.
They were last publicly seen together in 1995.
Mulayam Yadav, who was seated beside Mayawati on the stage for their joint rally for their BSP-SP-RLD alliance.
He was all praises for the BSP chief, “I am thankful to Mayawati and would remain obliged to her for coming here to seek vote for me,”
Mulayam Singh Yadav is contesting the 2019 polls from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh.
Mayawati also talked about the SP founder and cleared speculations regarding their political rivalry.
“I know people must be wondering why I have come here to campaign for Mulayam Singhji despite the State Guest House case”.
“Sometimes in janhit and party movement some difficult decisions have to be taken,” she said, in a reference to the “1995 guest house incident”, where SP members had attacked the guest house in which the supremo and her party members had resided in.
“There is no doubt that Mulayam Singh has taken members of all sections of society along with him under the SP banner….he is the real leader, specially of backwards who still consider him as leader…he is not a ‘naqli’ or ‘farzi’ backward (leader) like Narendra Modi …,” Mayawati said.
Mayawati asked her party workers to shun their differences and work for the victory of the alliance in the state.
The grand-alliance have fielded their candidates at 78 of 80 parliamentary seats.
The third phase of the Lok Sabha polls will be on April 23, with Uttar Pradesh going in polls on all the seven phases.
The results of the counting will be announced on May 23.
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