U.P. Assembly elections | RLD rejects BJP’s overtures; describes it as move to wean away Muslims from party

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Responding to the Bharatiya Janta Party’s renewed overtures towards the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the party leadership said it was a move to create a wedge between Jats and Muslims and that the move would backfire for the BJP.

Of the 403 seats in U.P., 136 are influenced by Jats and the renewed Jat-Muslim unity after the farmers’ agitation has forced the BJP to have a re-look at its strategy in west U.P. The RLD is contesting the polls in partnership with the Samajwadi Party.