Congress’s ‘sweet-bitter’ response to Mayawati’s snub on poll alliance in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan | Latest News India - Hindustan Times
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Congress’s ‘sweet-bitter’ response to Mayawati’s snub on poll alliance in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By
Oct 03, 2018 06:33 PM IST

Mayawati on Wednesday announced that the BSP will not ally with the Congress for elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

The Congress on Wednesday reached out to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, minutes after she announced she will not ally with the country’s principal Opposition party for elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

BSP chief Mayawati with former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi during the swearing-in ceremony of HD Kumarswamy as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at Vidhan Soudha, in Bengaluru, on May 23, 2018.(HT File Photo)
BSP chief Mayawati with former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi during the swearing-in ceremony of HD Kumarswamy as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at Vidhan Soudha, in Bengaluru, on May 23, 2018.(HT File Photo)

“At times, out of emotions,sweet and bitter things are said. But at last if Mayawati ji holds absolute trust in Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi then other creases can be ironed out,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told news agency ANI.

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Mayawati had said Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former president Sonia Gandhi wanted to ally with the BSP, but senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and others were working against her party.

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