Key Samajwadi Party Ally OP Rajbhar Denies Meeting With Amit Shah
NDTV
The speculation started amid reports of Samajwadi Party ally OP Rajbhar's meeting with the BJP's chief strategist Amit Shah. The buzz is that Mr Rajbhar met the top leadership of the BJP on Holi.
The opposition alliance led by Samjawadi Party having decisively lost the battle for Uttar Pradesh, there is speculation now on whether the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief OP Rajbhar is leaning towards former partner BJP again.
The speculation started amid reports of his meeting with the BJP's chief strategist Amit Shah. The buzz is that Mr Rajbhar met the top leadership of the BJP on Holi.
A purported photo of the meeting also surfaced on social media, which later turned out to be four years old.
Mr Rajbhar has denied that any meeting took place. "This is not true at all. I have not travelled out of Lucknow in many days. I am with the Samajwadi Party, will remain with them and also contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as an ally," he said in response to questions by journalists.