UP Election 2022: AAP and SP talk alliance, Sanjay Singh meets Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav's umbrella alliance against the BJP is likely to grow bigger. The Aam Aadmi Party that is planning make its political debut in UP elections next year has stated alliance talks with the Samajwadi Party.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to discuss the pre-poll alliance. There have been meetings between the two in the past but the talk of a possible alliance was kept under the wraps.

“We have started the talks today. Our primary goal is to defeat the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, which is suffering under the misrule of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Akhilesh Yadav is in talks with many parties and our meeting today is also a step in that direction,” Singh said after the meeting.

He however added that there were no talks on seat-sharing yet.

The AAP-SP meeting came a day after Akhilesh Yadav sealed alliance with Jayant Chaudhary of the RLD. The seat-sharing deal with the RLD is yet to be made public.

The SP has already sealed an alliance with Om Prakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party — a BJP ally in the 2017 polls. Along with SBSP, the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha, a grouping of smaller parties headed by Rajbhar, will be part of the SP-led alliance.