In a calculated move to bolster his party's declining electoral prospects and prevent BSP to come to power, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has struck a secret deal
February 23, 2007 (Press Release) --
New Delhi, Feb 1: In a calculated move to bolster his party's declining electoral prospects and prevent BSP to come to power, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has struck a secret deal with the BJP under which both have agreed to help each other.
The sources close to Yadav say move to have such a pact with mooted by none other than Amar Singh, the high-flying and controversial general secretary of SP, who on behalf of the chief minister held a series of meetings with BJP leaders including its President Rajnath Singh.
The first two initial meetings were held at the residence of a local thakur leader of BJP in Lucknow who is considered equally close to both. The next two meetings were held in a five star hotel in central Delhi late last week end.
Under the unwritten secret agreement, both parties have agreed to put comparatively weak candidates against each other to shift their respective votes. It means if a candidate of SP is strong in a particular constituency and the BJP would despite having a equally strong candidate would either field weak candidate or will not go by the local cast factor that helps his candidate.
The same understanding also applies with Samajwadi Party. The idea behind the clandestine deal is to get their respective votes shifted between them instead of splitting them.
The sources close to Yadav say move to have such a pact with mooted by none other than Amar Singh, the high-flying and controversial general secretary of SP, who on behalf of the chief minister held a series of meetings with BJP leaders including its President Rajnath Singh.
The first two initial meetings were held at the residence of a local thakur leader of BJP in Lucknow who is considered equally close to both. The next two meetings were held in a five star hotel in central Delhi late last week end.
Under the unwritten secret agreement, both parties have agreed to put comparatively weak candidates against each other to shift their respective votes. It means if a candidate of SP is strong in a particular constituency and the BJP would despite having a equally strong candidate would either field weak candidate or will not go by the local cast factor that helps his candidate.
The same understanding also applies with Samajwadi Party. The idea behind the clandestine deal is to get their respective votes shifted between them instead of splitting them.
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