Akhilesh Yadav Meets AAP Amid Alliance Spree With Regional Parties
NDTV
Akhilesh Yadav, who emerged as the principal challenger to the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Delhi, has already said on record that the Samajwadi party will not ally with a larger party ahead of the state elections.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow today. Less than 24 hours ago, Mr Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal's Jayant Chaudhary posted photographs of their meeting, also in Lucknow, to hint that an alliance between their parties was almost done ahead of the crucial 2022 assembly election in India's most populous state.
Mr Yadav, who emerged as the principal challenger to the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Delhi, has already said on record that the Samajwadi party will not ally with a larger party ahead of the state elections.
This is a marked departure from his strategy over the last few elections. The Samajwadi party had an alliance with the Congress for the 2017 state election and Mayawati's BSP for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls -- the BJP swept both elections.
After the meeting, the Aam Aadmi Party claimed that talks have been initiated with Akhilesh Yadav for a common platform against the BJP.
