Ghazipur: Samajwadi Party on Tuesday said it will also go alone in the assembly by-elections after BSP supremo Mayawati announced that her party would contest these elections on its own following the poor performance of the SP-BSP alliance in the Lok Sabha elections.
"I will think about what is being said about the alliance and if it has broken, the SP will also go it alone in the by-polls after consultation amongst the party members," said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Replying to the question on whether he expected such a decision by the BSP, he said, "It is difficult to say. The decision to part ways is also welcome and best wishes to the party workers."
Earlier in Lucknow, Mayawati announced that she will fight the by-polls to 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh alone saying the reason for the alliance's debacle in the Lok Sabha was because the main vote base of the SP, the Yadav community, did not support the alliance candidates.
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