Opposition unity for 2024 nowhere visible in UP

As the Opposition is gearing up to create a united front against the BJP at the national level, individual parties in Uttar Pradesh are keenly assessing consequences in terms of profit and loss in forming an alliance and contesting alone

- BADAR BASHIR

Senior party leaders across major parties say the situation is complex and each party will need to take a “step back” to form a united front.

Sources suggest that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has sent a member from her team to communicate with Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati to bring her to the common table. However, sources suggest that if the Congress is successful to get BSP onboard, the grand old party would not be in need of an alliance with the Samajwadi Party, which is being rigid and is signalling that it will keep the most number of seats with it. It is also believed that RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary may dump his alliance partner, the SP, and stich up an alliance with the Congress along with Chandrashekhar Azad’s party.