CPI(M) to forge alliance with SP in UP

Kolkata, Sep 16 (UNI) The CPI(M) is likely to forge an alliance with the Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to consolidate anti-BJP votes, party's polit bureau member Sitaram Yechuri today said.

''The Samajwadi Party, led by Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, is the largest secular force in Uttar Pradesh. We are trying to forge an electoral alliance with it,'' he told reporters here.

He said the decision in this regard would be taken by the party's Uttar Pradesh State Committee shortly.

The CPI(M) had an alliance with the SP also in the last Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

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