Respect smaller groups, learn from defeat: UP ally tells BJP

After Bihar ally Upendra Kushwaha quit the National Democratic Alliance, Apna Dal, which is BJP's partner in Uttar Pradesh, has expressed discontent, saying the party is not getting respect from the state leadership of the saffron party. "State BJP leadership isn't giving us the respect we deserve. They should learn from recent losses. The SP-BSP alliance is a challenge for us. Allies in Uttar Pradesh are upset. Leadership at the centre must do something, else NDA would suffer in the state," Apna Dal chief Ashish Patel, whose wife Anupriya Patel is the Union Minister of State for Health, said.