Flash------->It will be a two-party fight in U.P.’
Janata merger won’t affect SP’s prospects in 2017: Mulayam
Justifying
the merger of the six constituents of the erstwhile Janata Dal into a
“Janata Parivar,” Mulayam Singh, who has been designated president of
the still-to-be-named party, emphasised that in Uttar Pradesh the
pre-eminent position is that of the Samajwadi Party’s.
“In
the 2017 Assembly elections, the fight will be between the Samajwadi
Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, there is no third party,” the
Samajwadi Party president said at a function to mark the 89th birth
anniversary of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar at the party
headquarters on Friday.
A section of the Samajwadi
Party feared that once the new party is formed, the SP symbol, “cycle”
would be frozen and it would impact the party’s performance in the 2017
elections. Even as Mr. Singh sought to dispel notions of the new
alliance casting a shadow on the Samajwadi Party, he pointed to the “big
challenge” which lay ahead.
In his first public
appearance after the formation of the Janata Parivar, Mr. Singh slammed
the NDA government for its arbitrary (manmani) style of
functioning and said it was on grounds of political expediency that the
six parties decided to come together. “It was felt that working
independently is of no use,” he said.
Mr. Singh was hopeful that the new party would form the next government in Karnataka.
Stating
that a “big responsibility” has been bestowed upon him, Mr. Singh said
all the leaders were unanimous that the new party should be formed under
him. The opinions of the other leaders would be sought and they would
be given due respect.
Tributes to former PM
Mr.
Singh recalled his long association with the former Prime Minister and
said only Mr. Chandra Shekhar (and Chaudhary Charan Singh) thought about
the development of Uttar Pradesh. He underplayed Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s announcement on renovating the ghats in Varanasi and
said the ghats in Varanasi and Prayag in Allahabad were initially
developed by the Samajwadi Party government.
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