Akhilesh ready for tie up with BSP if SP falls short in Uttar Pradesh

By Vicky

Updated: Friday, March 10, 2017, 13:16 [IST]

With the exit polls not giving the Samajwadi Party the best of chances in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that he is ready for a tie up with the Bahujan Samaj Party.

Akhilesh ready for tie up with BSP — File Photo of Akhilesh Yadav

In an interview with the BBC, Akhilesh has said that he is ready to tie up with the BSP, if the SP-Congress combine falls short of the majority mark in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2017.

Uttar Pradesh Exits Poll 2017 - 403 Seats / 202 to win
	India News-MRC	Times Now-VMR	C-Voter	ABP News-Lokniti	Chanakya
SP - Congress Alliance	120	110 to 130	135 to 147	156 to 169	88
BJP	185	190 to 210	155 to 167	164 to 176	285
BSP	90	57 to 74	81 to 93	60 to 72	27
Others	08	08	08 to 10	02 to 06	03

The announcement comes as a surprise since the SP and the BSP have been the main competitors in the state for the past 15 years. The SP had tied up with the Congress for the elections.

However none of the exit polls are giving the SP-Congress alliance the edge in the elections. Most of the exit polls have predicted a big win for the BJP or a neck to neck fight. No party has however been given a huge majority in the exit polls which came out on Wednesday.

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