Goodbye Mahagathbandhan? After Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav Dumps Congress As Alliance Begins Disintegrating 

After the elephant decided to walk away from the hands of Congress, it is time for the cycle to ride away from the possibility of an alliance with the party for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh assembly polls.

At the Samajwadi Party’s head-office in Lucknow, Akhilesh Yadav was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying, “We will fight elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and speak to the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) and the BSP for an alliance in the two states. The Congress has made us wait for long. We can’t wait anymore. We are already in touch with the GGP for an alliance in Chhattisgarh. We will do the same for MP.”

Yadav said that his party isn’t afraid of facing CBI raids or pressure from the Enforcement Directorate. Hence, the decision to not support Congress doesn’t come merely as a factor of fear, but the fact that the grand old party hasn’t done anything for too long now.

On Friday, the Election Commission of India announced that the elections in Chhattisgarh will be conducted in two phases, on 12 and 20 November. Madhya Pradesh polling will take place on 28 November with Mizoram simultaneously. Rajasthan and Telangana will go to polls on 7 December and the counting of votes in all states will happen on 11 December.