PM doesn’t discount possibility of SP withdrawing support to UPA

With outside ally Samjawadi Party breathing fire in the last few days,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today acknowledged the possibility of its withdrawal of support to UPA but ruled out any threat to his government or early elections.

Vowing not to allow coalition compulsions to derail the reforms,he said government is confident of pushing ahead with the reforms that matter and that are going to yield results in the next few months.

Singh also appeared not to rule himself out of the race for Prime Ministership after the next Lok Sabha elections.