After SP-BSP combine fails, Akhilesh Yadav terms 'grand alliance' as 'trial'

Yadav said sometimes the trials fail as well, just a day after he was dumped by BSP supremo Mayawati for the upcoming 11 assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh.

With no options left, the SP chief also announced his party will go solo in the bypolls.

"The dates of the bypolls will be announced anytime now. We will fight them alone," Mayawati said on Tuesday clearing her stand.

Though Mayawati tried to maintain a good term with Yadav on a personal level, politically the veteran has put the onus on the SP for the alliance's Lok Sabha poll debacle, accusing the ally of "not transfering Yadav votes".

Of course, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) was a part of the alliance but all eyes were on the arithmatic of SP-BSP which was defeated by Modi's "chemistry".

However, the BSP supremo, who had once allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in her political career, kept a window open for a future tie-up with the SP.

"My bonding with Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav is now not only political but also personal. It will continue........If in future, I see Akhilesh Yadav could manage his own organisation then I can give it thought to stitch a similar alliance," she said.

In the Lok Sabha polls, the SP could win just five seats while the BSP bagged 10. On the other hand, the BJP won 62 out of 80 seats.