Om Prakash Rajbhar meets Akhilesh Yadav, likely to work together

The SP already has the support of three OBC-based parties in Uttar Pradesh

Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president and former BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar called on Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday, in the first open indication that the two parties could be inching towards a possible alliance in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.

While there was no formal announcement of any electoral tie-up, both sides sent out enough signals that they were willing to work and contest together.

The SP already has the support of three OBC-based parties in the State — the Rashtriya Lok Dal, Janvadi Party (Socialist) and the Mahan Dal. An alliance with the SBSP, which had contested the 2017 Assembly polls in alliance with the BJP, would boost its prospects in Purvanchal, especially among the Rajbhar OBC community.