BJP To Fight UP Polls With Apna Dal, Nishad Party, No Seat-Share Deal Yet
NDTV
Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel, a junior Union Minister, called the BJP-Apna Dal-Nishad Party alliance a "great cocktail of development and social justice"
The BJP will ally with the Nishad Party and the Apna Dal (S) for next month's Uttar Pradesh election, the ruling party said Wednesday evening, although it refused to reveal seat-sharing details.
Party chief JP Nadda only said "we are allying with them for all 403 seats (in the UP Assembly)".
"BJP in UP is with NDA (National Democratic Alliance) partners for the upcoming election. We were together for Lok Sabha too... detailed discussions have been held and we are allying with them for all 403 seats (in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly)," BJP chief JP Nadda told reporters.
Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel, a junior Union Minister and a Lok Sabha MP, called the BJP-Apna Dal-Nishad Party alliance a "great cocktail of development and social justice".
