05-02-2008, 03:30 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Â <b>Mulayam, Lalu kiss and make up </b>
pioneer.com
Akhilesh Suman | New Delhi
After fighting each other for over a decade, Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh - the two Yadav chieftains of the Hindi heartland - have decided to bury the hatchet and not make overtures into each other's political turfs.Â
<b>"We have decided not to fight against Lalu, unlike in the past," </b>Ramgopal Yadav, Parliamentary Party leader of the Samajwadi Party, told The Pioneer.
<b>The "no-fighting-each-other" understanding is being seen as a signal to national parties by regional outfits that they are adding more muscle to their might and would demand more importance in the coming days. Some smaller parties have already come together and formed the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), headed by Mulayam and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.</b>
The Lalu-Mulayam handshake would also a give better bargaining chip to non-Congress parties in any future political dispensation, a political observer said.
Ramgopal Yadav had been instrumental in thawing relations and facilitating bonhomie between the two OBC stalwarts for months. He also took the initiative in organising meetings between the leaders who did not see eye to eye for years. "We have realised that the fight between RJD and SP had damaged each other severely, especially because both follow the same ideology," he added.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal, led by Lalu, and the Samajwadi Party, led by Mulayam, with their respective Yadav and Muslim bases in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, do have a common appeal over the OBCs and minorities outside their states too.
"Actually, we had been damaging the consolidation of social justice forces by fighting against each other," Lalu's close associate and RJD parliamentarian Ramkripal Yadav said while confirming that the hitherto-rival parties would not contest against each other
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This will give problem to Mayawati, not sure whether Congres is directly involved in this love fest. If they join hands it will help Congress and Yadavs.
pioneer.com
Akhilesh Suman | New Delhi
After fighting each other for over a decade, Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh - the two Yadav chieftains of the Hindi heartland - have decided to bury the hatchet and not make overtures into each other's political turfs.Â
<b>"We have decided not to fight against Lalu, unlike in the past," </b>Ramgopal Yadav, Parliamentary Party leader of the Samajwadi Party, told The Pioneer.
<b>The "no-fighting-each-other" understanding is being seen as a signal to national parties by regional outfits that they are adding more muscle to their might and would demand more importance in the coming days. Some smaller parties have already come together and formed the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), headed by Mulayam and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.</b>
The Lalu-Mulayam handshake would also a give better bargaining chip to non-Congress parties in any future political dispensation, a political observer said.
Ramgopal Yadav had been instrumental in thawing relations and facilitating bonhomie between the two OBC stalwarts for months. He also took the initiative in organising meetings between the leaders who did not see eye to eye for years. "We have realised that the fight between RJD and SP had damaged each other severely, especially because both follow the same ideology," he added.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal, led by Lalu, and the Samajwadi Party, led by Mulayam, with their respective Yadav and Muslim bases in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, do have a common appeal over the OBCs and minorities outside their states too.
"Actually, we had been damaging the consolidation of social justice forces by fighting against each other," Lalu's close associate and RJD parliamentarian Ramkripal Yadav said while confirming that the hitherto-rival parties would not contest against each other
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This will give problem to Mayawati, not sure whether Congres is directly involved in this love fest. If they join hands it will help Congress and Yadavs.