Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) leader and Sirathu MLA Pallavi Patel on March 22 said that the main parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc should clarify whether her party is still in the alliance or not, hinting that she was open to considering an alliance with the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
Ms. Patel, daughter of party president Krishna Patel, claimed that the Apna Dal (K) was suffering the same plight in Uttar Pradesh as the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) did in Bihar.
On March 21, Akhilesh Yadav declared that his Samajwadi Party’s 2022 alliance with the Apna Dal (K) had been broken and the two parties were not allied for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. His statement came soon after the Apna Dal (K) unilaterally announced that it would contest three Lok Sabha seats under the INDIA bloc in U.P. The SP and Congress, both INDIA partners, have already split the U.P. Lok Sabha pie between them, with the Congress to contest 17 seats and the SP fielding candidates in the remaining 63 seats.
