Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RJD) is prone to be a part of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. Sources informed News18 that the Bharatiya Janata Party is providing three Uttar Pradesh seats to the RLD, whereas Jayant Chaudhary-led celebration is demanding to contest on 5 seats within the Lok Sabha elections.

“But talks are shifting in a optimistic path. The bone of rivalry for now could be the Muzaffarnagar seat,” a source said, adding that the announcement may happen on February 12, the birth anniversary of his father Ajit Chaudhary.

According to sources, the BJP has offered four Lok Sabha seats to RLD — Baghpat, Kairana, Mathura and Amroha.

It has been learnt that Jayant Choudhary had a meeting with senior Union Minister late on Monday night. While the RJD chief has demanded five seats, the formula has not been finalised yet. The next meeting will be held soon in which final talks on merger or alliance will be held.

Last month there were talks of a tie-up between Samajwadi Party (SP) and the RLD. According to the agreement, SP had promised to give seven Lok Sabha seats in Western Uttar Pradesh to Jayant Chaudhary’s party. The seats that SP offered to RLD include Baghpat, Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Amroha and Kairana.

Meanwhile, some sources in the BJP claimed that neither Jayant Chaudhry asked for Muzaffarnagar, nor the saffron party is the mood to give.

Sources in the Congress said that the party will speak to Jayant to get clarity on the issue. “He had assured that he would be a part of the yatra. All seat-sharing talks in UP will be finalised before the yatra ends in the state, and Akhilesh Yadav will join the march in Raebareli,” a supply informed News18.

In truth, Akhilesh Yadav even tweeted in regards to the attainable merger between the 2 events and wrote, “Congratulations to everybody on the alliance of Rashtriya Lok Dal and SP. Everyone ought to unite for victory. According to sources, the SP-RLD alliance might break.”

Reposting Akhilesh’s tweet, Jayant commented, “Always ready for the protection of national and Constitutional values. It is expected from all the cadres of our alliance to move forward together for the development and prosperity of our region.”

The improvement got here only a few months left for the essential Lok Sabha elections, that are anticipated to be held in between April and May. The tenure of the seventeenth Lok Sabha is scheduled to finish within the month of June.

Setback for SP, INDIA

If Jayant Chaudhary varieties an alliance with the BJP-led NDA, it will likely be an enormous blow to the INDIA bloc in addition to to Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi celebration. RLD and SP have fought many elections collectively prior to now. Notably, SP has additionally despatched Jayant Chaudhary to Rajya Sabha.

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