Samajwadi Party’s alliance with Apna Dal (K) falls apart, Akhilesh Yadav says he has moved on
Hindustan TimesThe Samajwadi Party’s alliance with the Kurmi OBC-based Apna Dal has fallen apart with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday saying he has moved on. and Apna Dal since February “We were allies earlier, not anymore,” Akhilesh Yadav said to reporters the day after Krishna Patel-led Apna Dal declared candidates on three Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh -- Mirzapur, Phulpur, and Kaushambi in the state’s eastern region. Though the signs of a fissure were clear since Wednesday’s development, there was some confusion as the Apna Dal chief Krishna Patel had said her party declared the candidates on the three seats “as part of the INDIA bloc”. All had not been well between the SP and Apna Dal since February when the SP had declared three candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls for 10 U.P.