New bonhomie between SP,Cong in UP

The new found bonhomie between Congress and SP was evident at the filing of nominations of Satish Sharma in Lucknow recently when senior SP leaders like Ram Gopal Yadav and others were present.

Similar was the scene at the time of filing of papers by Singh where Congress legislature Party leader Pramod Tewari was present.

Indicating that SP was prepared for a closer ties with the Congress for the coming assembly elections,Singh said “we

have made a beginning and it is to be seen what response the

Congress gives to it”.

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 was too early to say anything.

“It would be decided only later”,he said.

To a question whether the Samajwadi Party would step in if Trinamool Congress of Mamta Bannerji parts way with the UPA,the SP spokesman 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.

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav had recently dissociated himself from media reports that he had set a condition for the ouster of Mamta Bannerji to support UPA saying that he was not power hungry and was extending issue based support to the UPA government.