Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Saturday hinted at the possibility of forming an alliance with the ruling BJP while making it clear that he wouldn’t go with the Samajwadi Party (SP), the party led by his nephew and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Talking to the media in Prayagraj, Mr. Yadav said, “I want to actively be a part of the 2024 [Lok Sabha] polls and government. Only future will tell whether an alliance with the BJP will happen or not. But I won’t compromise and go back with SP as they have cheated me many times.”
Mr. Yadav, who won the 2022 Assembly election on the SP ticket from Jaswant Nagar, has been targeting the SP and the party president since the State polls, and has sent feelers to the ruling BJP in the recent past by voting in favour of its nominee in the Presidential elections, Droupadi Murmu. After this, the SP issued a letter saying, "Respected Shivpal Singh Yadav Ji, If you think that you will get more respect elsewhere, you are free to go.”
