Mulayam pulls out from grand alliance, to go alone in Bihar polls
The SP chief's announcement came as a big jolt for the alliance, now left only with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal(U), Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.
The parties had combined in an attempt to resist the BJP, whose campaign is being led by the Prime Minister, from winning the state assembly election, the dates for which are to be announced shortly.
Giving reasons for his decision, Mulayam Singh Yadav said he had not been consulted about how seats for the election were being divided among the allies.
His party has neither any state legislators, nor parliamentarians from Bihar.
In the first show of strength of the grand alliance in Patna on Sunday, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi addressed a large rally. Mulayam Singh deputed Shivpal Yadav as his party's representative.
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