A day after Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh quit the BJP and showed clear leanings towards the Samajwadi Party, The Congress on Wednesday it said the backward leader’s new found affiliations will not affect its alliance with the SP.
Though Kalyan Singh has, not yet, officially announced plans to join the SP, Hs son Rajvir Singh joined the SP on Wednesday and was appointed its national general secretary.
Speaking at a press conference in Lucknow SP chief Mulayam Singh said, Rajveer’s entry into the SP would further reinforce the backward caste base of the party.
At a routine briefing in New Delhi, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan lampooned the main Opposition BJP for the high attrition rates in the party.
“First, the BJP’s allies left it one by one; recently, we saw the deterioration of its ties with the Shiromani Akali Dal; and now two of its senior leaders – Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Singh – are speaking out against the party,” she said.
The BJP had always been a party devoid of values and it was now a sinking ship, she said.
Asked about Singh’s association with the sangh parivar – particularly the fact that he was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister at the time of Babri Masjid demolition, she said there could be no denying the historical fact. “We have to reckon with it.”
The official Congress statement is a clear move away from an earlier statement issued by a senior Congress leader.
On Tuesday, AICC general secretary and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh had attempted to deflate the SP-Kalyan truck by reminding media persons that Kalyan Singh was implicitly involved in the demolition of the “Babri Mosque,” which resulted in widespread communal strife across the country.
The words are sure to echo in the minority minds, when SP chief Mulayam Singh attempts to wean Muslims voters back into the party fold during the general elections later this year.
Analysts, however, say Digvijay Singh’s statement was an attempt to retain a psychological edge over the SP, the two parties are soon to meet for nerve racking parleys to work out the fine print of a pre-poll alliance they must enter to thwart the third front onslaught in UP led by BSP czarina and prime ministerial hopeful Mayawati.
Though Kalyan Singh has, not yet, officially announced plans to join the SP, Hs son Rajvir Singh joined the SP on Wednesday and was appointed its national general secretary.
Speaking at a press conference in Lucknow SP chief Mulayam Singh said, Rajveer’s entry into the SP would further reinforce the backward caste base of the party.
At a routine briefing in New Delhi, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan lampooned the main Opposition BJP for the high attrition rates in the party.
“First, the BJP’s allies left it one by one; recently, we saw the deterioration of its ties with the Shiromani Akali Dal; and now two of its senior leaders – Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Singh – are speaking out against the party,” she said.
The BJP had always been a party devoid of values and it was now a sinking ship, she said.
Asked about Singh’s association with the sangh parivar – particularly the fact that he was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister at the time of Babri Masjid demolition, she said there could be no denying the historical fact. “We have to reckon with it.”
The official Congress statement is a clear move away from an earlier statement issued by a senior Congress leader.
On Tuesday, AICC general secretary and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh had attempted to deflate the SP-Kalyan truck by reminding media persons that Kalyan Singh was implicitly involved in the demolition of the “Babri Mosque,” which resulted in widespread communal strife across the country.
The words are sure to echo in the minority minds, when SP chief Mulayam Singh attempts to wean Muslims voters back into the party fold during the general elections later this year.
Analysts, however, say Digvijay Singh’s statement was an attempt to retain a psychological edge over the SP, the two parties are soon to meet for nerve racking parleys to work out the fine print of a pre-poll alliance they must enter to thwart the third front onslaught in UP led by BSP czarina and prime ministerial hopeful Mayawati.
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