Samajwadi Party (SP) Leader Ravidas Mehrotra seems to be miffed at his party’s decision to ally with the Congress.

In a statement on Thursday, Mehrotra said that the alliance with Congress has reaped no benefits for the SP, while adding that the Congress even tried to defeat SP at many places, according to news agencies. 

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Mehrotra said, “It is my personal view that Congress-SP alliance reaped no benefit for SP, it is only beneficial for Congress.”

The SP leader further said, “Akhilesh could’ve formed govt alone. At many places Cong tried to defeat SP candidates,even if it meant victory for BJP.”

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