New bonhomie between SP,Cong…

Realising the need for a joint front to take on the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh,the Samajwadi Party hopes the support extended by it to Congress nominee Satish Sharma in the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha could start a new phase of relations between the two parties.

Realising the need for a joint front to take on the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh,the Samajwadi Party hopes the support extended by it to Congress nominee Satish Sharma in the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha could start a new phase of relations between the two parties.

Though the support extended by the SP to the Congress is limited to the Rajya Sabha elections,but this no doubt would start a new phase of exchange of thoughts between the two parties, said SP spokesman Mohan Singh.

The new-found bonhomie between the Congress and the SP was evident at the filing of Sharmas nominations in Lucknow recently when senior SP leaders like Ram Gopal Yadav and others were present. Similarly,at the time of filing of papers by Singh,Congress Legislature Party leader Pramod Tewari was present.

Indicating that the SP was prepared for closer ties with the Congress for the upcoming Assembly elections,Singh said: We have made a beginning and it is to be seen how the Congress responds.

To a question whether open support by the SP and Rashtriya Lok Dal to the Congress in the Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Parishad polls could mean the three parties would contest the 2012 Assembly elections in alliance,the SP spokesman said: It would be decided later.

To a question whether the SP would step in if the Trinamool Congress parts way with the UPA,Singh said it was a hypothetical question. It will be seen only when such a situation arises…commenting on an imaginary situation is not right, he added.

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