Are UP political parties also planning for an alliance after Nitish-Lalu success in Bihar?

A Samajwadi Party (SP) minister in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, 14 November, said his party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) should merge into a "grand alliance" in order to defeat the BJP in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls. Fareed Mahfooz Kidwai, the UP minister for planning, said: "God willing, a grand alliance will come into being here also (like Bihar), and we will definitely defeat the BJP and form government." Are UP political parties also planning for an alliance after Nitish-Lalu success in Bihar? Zee News is the highly popular Hindi News channel of India’s largest television network ZMCL. The channel, which has a huge following in India and abroad, has won several prestigious national and international awards. Amongst its popular programs are - Dr. Subhash Chandra Show: https://goo.gl/fCugXC Daily News and Analysis: https://goo.gl/B8eVsD Manthan: https://goo.gl/6q0wUN Fast n Facts: https://goo.gl/kW2MYV Your daily does of entertainment: https://goo.gl/ZNEfhw Sports round up: https://goo.gl/KeeYjf Aapke Sitare: https://goo.gl/X56YSa Bharat Bhagya Vidhata: https://goo.gl/QqJiOV Taal Thok Ke : https://goo.gl/yiV6e7 Subscribe to our channel at: https://goo.gl/qKzmWg Check out our website: http://www.zeenews.com Connect with us at our social media handles: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZeeNews Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+Zeenews