SP govt will fall after LS polls: Beni

A month after his controversial remark against SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav,Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma Monday said the SP government in Uttar Pradesh will fall after the Lok Sabha election. Also,the SP will get not more than four seats in UP,as backward communities and Muslims are moving towards the Congress,he said.

Verma claimed the Congress will win 45 seats in UP. Inflation and corruption are no issues in the election. In fact,inflation helps farmers when prices of rice and wheat rise. People will see development brought under the leadership of Manmohan Singh rather than anything else, he added.

Though he did not explain why the SP government would fall,he indicated there was a divide within the party and so its MLAs would start quitting after the Lok Sabha election. Without naming Mulayam,he said there is a leader who says L K Advani does not lie and he is the same person who had established the Ramjanmabhoomi police station during his regime as the Chief Minister after consultation with Advani.

Verma said there can be no comparison between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Advani for the post of prime minister because both are guilty of violence against Muslims.