Congress Pursues Alliance With Mayawati Despite Her Announcement to Contest Alone

ExtensionAdd as a preferredsource on google Bahujan Samaj Party national president and former chief minister Mayawati may have put an end to the alliance speculation by saying that she will contest the assembly elections alone, but the Congress has not given up hope. Congress SC-ST department national president Rajendra Pal Gautam and MP Tanuj Punia tried to meet Mayawati on Tuesday, increasing the distance between the two parties. The BSP camp is trying to assess the political pros and cons of this meeting. On the other hand, senior Congress leaders are also constantly clarifying about this. Read Trending Videos Senior BSP leaders say that this move of the Congress was planned so that Mayawati could be pressured to form an alliance. The BSP supremo had returned to the capital on Sunday, after which she was constantly meeting party leaders. On Tuesday, Congress leaders were returned from her residence but on Wednesday, she met BSP's Lok Sabha candidate from Lalganj, Indu Chaudhary.