It's a major setback to the newly formed 'secular' front Janata Parivar as the Samajwadi Party walks out of the grand alliance. Mulayam Singh's party has announced to fight Bihar alone, the first major test for the alliance which is said to be held by November. The announcement came just a few days after alliance's first major event in Patna- Swabhiman rally in Pragati Maidan. In spite Nitish, Sonia and Lalu sharing the dais, Mulayam gave it a miss.
Samajwadi Chief Mulayam Singh, who was also the President of the Janata Parivar, was upset over the seat sharing before the election. During the first announcement of seat sharing, SP received zero seats. But, later it was increased to five when Lalu Yadav' RJD gave them seats out their 100 seats share. A move to placate Mulayam Singh. But, the dissent continued as Mulayam was keen for 12 seats. Both Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav couldn't afford to give 10+ seats as Samajwadi Party has no presence in the state. This treatment was not accepted by the party state unit.
As SP has no legislator or Parliamentarian from Bihar, its exit doesn't affect the election in terms of seats. But SP exit will definitely hit the Parivar psychologically. This is not the first party that has left the alliance, NCP also left due to unsatisfactory seat sharing. SP's exit once again questions the stability of the alliance.
Since its inception, many experts have been critical about all alliance parties' commitment towards it. Nitish Kumar JD(U), Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD, Congress Party, Mulayam Singh's Samajwadi and others 'secular' parties had joined hands to stop Modi wave across India. It made decades old enemies Nitish and Lalu come together to stop so-called communal ideology from spreading. BJP and other NDA parties, since the beginning, called it a 'failed alliance.'
There are still few months before the Bihar election. Will Nitish and Lalu, the heavyweights of Bihar, be able to keep the alliance together in spite of fiction between them. Only time to tell.
Samajwadi Chief Mulayam Singh, who was also the President of the Janata Parivar, was upset over the seat sharing before the election. During the first announcement of seat sharing, SP received zero seats. But, later it was increased to five when Lalu Yadav' RJD gave them seats out their 100 seats share. A move to placate Mulayam Singh. But, the dissent continued as Mulayam was keen for 12 seats. Both Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav couldn't afford to give 10+ seats as Samajwadi Party has no presence in the state. This treatment was not accepted by the party state unit.
As SP has no legislator or Parliamentarian from Bihar, its exit doesn't affect the election in terms of seats. But SP exit will definitely hit the Parivar psychologically. This is not the first party that has left the alliance, NCP also left due to unsatisfactory seat sharing. SP's exit once again questions the stability of the alliance.
Since its inception, many experts have been critical about all alliance parties' commitment towards it. Nitish Kumar JD(U), Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD, Congress Party, Mulayam Singh's Samajwadi and others 'secular' parties had joined hands to stop Modi wave across India. It made decades old enemies Nitish and Lalu come together to stop so-called communal ideology from spreading. BJP and other NDA parties, since the beginning, called it a 'failed alliance.'
There are still few months before the Bihar election. Will Nitish and Lalu, the heavyweights of Bihar, be able to keep the alliance together in spite of fiction between them. Only time to tell.
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