Bhim Army Chief rules out alliance with SP for UP polls

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Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad

 

Lucknow

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Saturday ruled out any alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and alleged that Akhilesh Yadav was eyeing 'Dalit vote bank but did not want Dalits in his party.

Azad said that he has held several meetings with Yadav in the last six months but nothing came off the meetings.

"After all the discussions, in the end, I felt that Akhilesh Yadav does not want Dalits in this alliance, he just wants Dalit vote bank. He humiliated the people of Bahujan Samaj, I tried for 1 month 3 days but the alliance could not happen," Azad said at a press conference.

He said his political outfit, Azad Samaj Party, will not form an alliance with the Samajwadi Party.

Akhilesh Yadav has stitched an alliance with several smaller parties to bolster the chances of SP regaining power in the upcoming state elections.

Azad further said that leaders of backward classes, Dalits, and others are supporting Yadav with a belief that he will do social justice.

"However, I believe that Akhilesh Yadav does not understand the meaning of social justice. It does not happen with words," Azad said.

Azad said the SP chief’s silence over the atrocities on Dalits shows that he is now behaving like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"Yesterday after we met, I had left the responsibility of the decision of an alliance on Yadav ji saying that you are my elder brother. I believe he should have called me," Azad said.

"We have decided that we will not form an alliance with him," he added.

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7.