Mulayam ready to join hands with arch-rival Mayawati if Lalu mediates

August 13, 2014 11:39

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that he is ready to join hands with his arch-rival and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati if RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav mediates.

"If Lalu is ready to mediate, then I will consider joining hands with Mayawati," SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said.

The SP chief was responding to Lalu Prasad Yadav's recent suggestion that Mulayam Singh Yadav and Maywati should also joined hands in Uttar Pradesh to defeat the BJP in the same way as he has allied with his bitter foe Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (U) in Bihar.

The coming together of two traditional arch-rivals can mark a new beginning in the caste-driven politics of Uttar Pradesh. Read more

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