'Opposition support for Rahul is issue-based'

'Opposition alliance is not on the agenda currently'.

- BADAR BASHIR

After all anti-BJP opposition parties came together against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha, major state parties (BRS, AAP, SP and TMC), which were earlier opposed to the Congress and are now backing it, say that the support is issue-based and does not entail any bearing on the broad-based Opposition alliance.

On the condition of anonymity, a Samajwadi Party spokesperson said, "We are not giving support to Congress. But we are supporting them on a particular point; since the same thing has happened to our leader Azam Khan, so we have already suffered. It is also because the ruling party (BJP) has employed highhandedness while dealing with those who oppose their dictatorship. And if we don't come together, they will start removing all Opposition MPs from the Parliament."