Chandigarh: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday called off its nearly nine-month-old alliance with Haryana’s main opposition INLD and announced to forge ties with LSP, an outfit floated by rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini.
The development comes days after Om Prakash Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) suffered a humiliating defeat in the Jind bypolls, with party candidate Umed Singh Redhu forfeiting his security deposit, amid the ongoing family feud in the Chautala family.
“On the directions of BSP national president and former UP chief minister Mayawati, the BSP today ends alliance with the INLD and ties up with the Loktantra Suraksha Party (LSP),” BSP Haryana incharge Meghraj told reporters here. Under the new arrangement, the BSP and the LSP will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and Haryana Assembly polls.
In Haryana, the BSP will contest on eight and the LSP on two for the coveted Lok Sabha seats, Meghraj said. He further said his party would contest on the 35 seats and LSP would on 55 seats during the Haryana Assembly polls.
The BSP had Friday hinted that it may soon call off its another alliance with the INLD. It had earlier also said that it would part ways with the INLD if it fails to get united.
Following family feud in the Chautala clan, Ajay Chautala and his two sons Dushyant Chautala and Digvijay Chautala had floated the Jannayak Janata Party last year. (PTI)
