Union minister and Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel has hinted that the party’s differences with ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over seat sharing are far from over.
“If someone tries to talk to us and convince us, only then differences can be sorted out. Till date, no one has spoken to me,” Patel said when asked about the issues with the BJP.
The Apna Dal (S) had announced last month that its president Ashish Patel and Anupriya will not participate in any events led by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh till their issues with the BJP are resolved.
Earlier, Ashish, while addressing a press conference in Mirzapur, had said: “The BJP should learn from the losses in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh assembly elections. The SP-BSP alliance is a challenge for the NDA, whose allies in UP are upset. The leadership at the Centre must do something, or else the NDA would suffer in UP.” He also said that smaller parties were feeling ‘ignored’ by the BJP.
However, the BJP had dismissed reports of rift and termed it a "minor misunderstanding". BJP leader and Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey had said there was no "anger" or "ill will", adding there may have been some misunderstanding whose solution will be arrived at.
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