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Samajwadi Party not in PM’s race, says Akhilesh Yadav

| Tuesday | 12th February, 2019

Hum Samajwadi log race mein nahi hain lekin desh ko naya pradhan mantri mile iske liye kaam kar rahe hain (The country wants a new PM. Yadav had later announced that RLD will contest two seats. We Samajwadis are not in the race, but we are working to pave the way for a change of PM), he said. On Monday, he announced that his party has spared three seats for Ajit Singh led outfit which enjoys considerable clout across the jat belt in west UP. Earlier, while announcing the historic alliance with BSP in the January 12 press conference along with Mayawati, Yadav had ducked the question on opposition PM candidate.

LUCKNOW: Withdrawing from the race for prime minister’s post, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav announced on Monday that his party will not be seeking the top post.Responding to a query on the possibility of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee being a claimant to the PM’s post after 2019 polls, Yadav said the country wants a new PM and clarified that SP was not in the race.“Desh naya pradhan mantri chahta hai. Hum Samajwadi log race mein nahi hain lekin desh ko naya pradhan mantri mile iske liye kaam kar rahe hain (The country wants a new PM. We Samajwadis are not in the race, but we are working to pave the way for a change of PM), he said. Earlier, while announcing the historic alliance with BSP in the January 12 press conference along with Mayawati, Yadav had ducked the question on opposition PM candidate. “You know who I will support,” he had said when TOI had asked if he would support Mayawati for the PM’s post.In another announcement, he said SP will give one more seat to Rashtriya Lok Dal from his quota of 38 seats in the alliance.“Ye gathbandhan BSP se toh hai, wahin aapki aur jankari hogi ki Congress party bhi shamil hai, RLD ko bhi teen seat dee gayee hain, woh bhi shamil hain. Aur Nishad party ko bhi, kyunki pehle hum chunaav un ke sath lade hain (Our alliance is with BSP, but you must be knowing that Congress is also part of it. RLD now has been given three seats and NISHAD party is also with us as earlier we contested elections together),” Yadav said.SP-BSP had left two seats for Congress and two others for “other constituents” of the alliance while splitting the remaining 76 equally between themselves. Yadav had later announced that RLD will contest two seats. On Monday, he announced that his party has spared three seats for Ajit Singh led outfit which enjoys considerable clout across the jat belt in west UP. Though it has not been announced which seats have been given to RLD, sources said after a consensus on Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat, SP has agreed to spare Mathura seat also.

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