JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said his party’s decision to go solo in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will have no effect on the NDA in which it is an alliance partner along with the BJP.
“Though we have contested four elections with BJP, this time it was not possible. So we are going it alone and will be contesting on all the seats,” he told reporters here.
Mr Yadav said talks on UP polls were on with the BJP for two months but nothing emerged. “Earlier we used to be in contact with Atal Behari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani but now that they were having difficulty in taking a decision, JD(U) decided to go alone,” he said.
The JD(U) leader said some of those who have been given entry into the BJP were not toeing the party ideology, but added that it was an internal matter of the BJP.