"How Can I Deny...": RLD Leader On BJP Deal After Charan Singh's Bharat Ratna
NDTV
Thirteen minutes after Prime Minister Modi tweeted - RLD boss Jayant Chaudhary reposted Mr Modi's message and declared, "Dil jeet liya (Hearts have been won)."
A posthumous Bharat Ratna for ex-Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh has all but redrawn political battle-lines in Uttar Pradesh weeks before a general election, with the Rashtriya Lok Dal seen as on the verge of dumping the Samajwadi Party (and INDIA) to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party. दिल जीत लिया! #BharatRatnahttps://t.co/Ns0CraJ7yI #WATCH | Lucknow: On speculations of Jayant Chaudhary-led RLD joining the BJP-led alliance in UP, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav says, "There have been no talks here. Whatever it is, is being published in newspapers, I am getting all the information through you." pic.twitter.com/8Hfb3vkAa2
The award - announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on X - comes amid reports of a deal between the BJP and RLD, which was founded by Charan Singh's son and is now led by his grandson. In fact, sources this week told NDTV the RLD wanted the recognition as part of its terms to come on-board.
Party boss Jayant Chaudhary's latest comments seemed to emphasise just that - the deal is done.
