Up Post-poll Alliance

Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said in case a situation arises in Uttar Pradesh that there is a hung Assembly then AAP will enter into a post-poll alliance to keep incumbent the BJP out of power in the state.

Emphasising the inevitability of a post-poll alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal combine, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid says the Uttar Pradesh "gathbandhan" will have no choice but to forge a tie-up with his party after the election results.

Chhattisgarh politician Ajit Jogi's "anything is possible" turned into a hard "Kadaapi nahi (absolutely not)" today when he was asked, in the presence of alliance partner Mayawati this time, about the possibility of teaming up with the BJP in the event of a fractured verdict.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal has ruled out any post-poll alliance with the BJP, enthused by reports that their traditional votebank in western Uttar Pradesh, the Jats, are angry with the BJP and may return to fold. The Jat support had swung to the BJP in 2014 Lok Sabha elections following the Muzzaffarnagar riots, and the RLD - which had won 9 seats in 20...

Counting of votes will begin at 8 am today in five states; most eyes are on Uttar Pradesh, where exit poll predictions say - hung Assembly. Calculators are out as likely political alignments are worked out - events of the last two decades suggest that only political expediency will decide friends and foes in the state.

Calculators are out as likely political alignments are worked out. On the eve, there is bluster, posturing and some startling comments.

Barely hours after Union Minister and Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma pitched for a post-poll alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh, Rita Joshi, the Congress chief in UP, clarified that Mr Verma's views are different from the party's position and are his personal opinion.

Putting an end to the speculations of a post-poll alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said his party will have "no truck" with any party.

Many believe, if the Third Front can't cobble up the numbers, the Left may have to repeat 2004.

Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said in case a situation arises in Uttar Pradesh that there is a hung Assembly then AAP will enter into a post-poll alliance to keep incumbent the BJP out of power in the state.

Emphasising the inevitability of a post-poll alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal combine, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid says the Uttar Pradesh "gathbandhan" will have no choice but to forge a tie-up with his party after the election results.

Chhattisgarh politician Ajit Jogi's "anything is possible" turned into a hard "Kadaapi nahi (absolutely not)" today when he was asked, in the presence of alliance partner Mayawati this time, about the possibility of teaming up with the BJP in the event of a fractured verdict.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal has ruled out any post-poll alliance with the BJP, enthused by reports that their traditional votebank in western Uttar Pradesh, the Jats, are angry with the BJP and may return to fold. The Jat support had swung to the BJP in 2014 Lok Sabha elections following the Muzzaffarnagar riots, and the RLD - which had won 9 seats in 20...

Counting of votes will begin at 8 am today in five states; most eyes are on Uttar Pradesh, where exit poll predictions say - hung Assembly. Calculators are out as likely political alignments are worked out - events of the last two decades suggest that only political expediency will decide friends and foes in the state.

Calculators are out as likely political alignments are worked out. On the eve, there is bluster, posturing and some startling comments.

Barely hours after Union Minister and Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma pitched for a post-poll alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh, Rita Joshi, the Congress chief in UP, clarified that Mr Verma's views are different from the party's position and are his personal opinion.

Putting an end to the speculations of a post-poll alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said his party will have "no truck" with any party.

Many believe, if the Third Front can't cobble up the numbers, the Left may have to repeat 2004.