He did not elaborate on the query made against the backdrop of Congress’ poll strategist Prashant Kishor meeting Mulayam here, triggering speculation of a ‘maha-gathbandhan’ (grand alliance) similar to the one in Bihar.
Kishor held prolonged discussion spread over two sessions on Sunday just a day after top leaders of socialist-leaning parties attended SP’s silver jubilee meet — a move seen as an attempt by Mulayam to forge an alliance for the crucial polls hardly a few months away.
This was for the second time in six days that Kishor met Mulayam, who is trying to cobble together an alliance of like-minded parties.
The first meeting had taken place at Mulayam’s Delhi residence on November 1.
On the possibility of a grand alliance, State SP president Shivpal Yadav said: “When it materialises, I will tell you.”
Samajwadi Party, which was initially part of Bihar’s grand alliance, had walked out of it after it was offered only a handful of seats to contest the assembly elections there.
