"Not A Coin That Flips": Akhilesh Yadav Ally Scoffs At Talk Of BJP Angle

The BJP, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary told NDTV, is "playing break-up politics".

Jayant Chaudhary, the Jat leader with a huge support base in western Uttar Pradesh and has formed an alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, today refuted allegations that he might -- now or later -- change camp and side with the BJP. "Am I coin that would flip so fast?" he declared this afternoon at Muzaffarnagar's Khatauli constituency, answering perceptions that have grown after Union minister Amit Shah's yesterday's meeting with a group of influential Jat leaders.

The BJP, the Rashtriya Lok Dal leader told NDTV in an exclusive interview today, is "playing break-up politics".

"It was not an offer to me... The BJP is just trying to pull a political stunt as they do at election time. Ask them how much importance they have given to the farmers over the last five years. Ask the farmers who have attended that meeting -- did any of them side with the farmers when they were suffering? Are they there to skim off the cream when in government, or are they there to fight the battle of the common man?" Mr Chaudhary told NDTV.

He also gave an emphatic denial to concerns that he might join hands with the BJP when the elections are over.