The RLD contested the Lok Sabha elections as a part of the SP-BSP alliance and lost in all the 3 seats it contested in. The BSP and SP are now contesting the state polls separately.
BSP chief Mayawati, however, insists her party will contest the bypolls alone even as SP's Akhilesh says he will now 'reflect deeply' on the development.
Mayawati told party workers that the BSP had managed to successfully transfer votes from its traditional votebank to the SP, but the reverse had failed to happen.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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