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Samajwadi to go alone but open to `give and take` support
New Delhi, July 07: Apparently putting pressure on the Congress to forge an electoral alliance with it, Samajwadi Party today decided to contest the coming assembly elections in four states on its own but said it was `open` to `give and take` support from the secular forces to take on the BJP, both at regional and national level.
New Delhi, July 07: Apparently putting pressure on the Congress to forge an electoral alliance with it, Samajwadi Party today decided to contest the coming assembly elections in four states on its own but said it was "open" to "give and take" support from the secular forces to take on the BJP, both at regional and national level.
The decision to go it alone in the coming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh and Delhi was taken at the national executive meeting of the party held here today, party general secretary Amar Singh told reporters.
The 41-member national executive presided over by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav also decided to hold another meeting at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, sometime next month.
Asked about the party`s response if the Congress decides in favour of forging alliances with "secular forces" in states as well as at the national level at the Shimla conclave, Singh said, "We are open to "give and take" support from any secular forces" to contain BJP and Sangh Parivar.
However, he said that no response has been received by the party ever since Congress president Sonia Gandhi spoke at Srinagar about possibility of tie-ups with like-minded forces both at state and national level.
He said that the party`s decision to go it alone was aimed at extending its base beyond Uttar Pradesh and to emerge as a national party in true sense.
On the Ayodhya issue, Singh said that both ram and Shankaracharya were being "maligned" by the NDA government.
The Samajwadi Party would welcome any settlement through talks which is acceptable to all the parties but would oppose tooth and nail, inside and outside parliament, any legislation to settle the matter, Singh said.
Bureau Report
The 41-member national executive presided over by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav also decided to hold another meeting at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, sometime next month.
Asked about the party`s response if the Congress decides in favour of forging alliances with "secular forces" in states as well as at the national level at the Shimla conclave, Singh said, "We are open to "give and take" support from any secular forces" to contain BJP and Sangh Parivar.
However, he said that no response has been received by the party ever since Congress president Sonia Gandhi spoke at Srinagar about possibility of tie-ups with like-minded forces both at state and national level.
He said that the party`s decision to go it alone was aimed at extending its base beyond Uttar Pradesh and to emerge as a national party in true sense.
On the Ayodhya issue, Singh said that both ram and Shankaracharya were being "maligned" by the NDA government.
The Samajwadi Party would welcome any settlement through talks which is acceptable to all the parties but would oppose tooth and nail, inside and outside parliament, any legislation to settle the matter, Singh said.
Bureau Report