The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary has ruled out an alliance with the Congress party ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Chaudhary said that they were in talks with Samajwadi Party (SP) for an electoral tie-up.
RLD chief was reacting to media reports that the Congress and RLD were preparing for an alliance in the Assembly elections.
“The minister who should be punished by the government, was called by Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi for a pat on back,” he said.
Chaudhary also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
“The Prime Minister could tweet on the birthday of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, but had nothing to say on the killing of soldiers in gunfight with terrorists in Kashmir or on the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. He had gone to Lucknow, but did not utter a word about Lakhimpur.”
The RLD chief further said that the BJP was indulging in “caste politics”.
“The ruler had given up his own residence in Mathura in 1909 so that Prem Mahavidyalaya, touted as the country’s first polytechnic, could come up on the land,” he said.