New Delhi: In a major setback to Ajit Singh's plans to form an alliance ahead of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader should merge his party with the Samajwadi Party.
"We will contest the elections alone in UP... Ajit Singh should forgive me for saying this but he is restricted to only three districts (in Uttar Pradesh)... He should merge his party with SP," Yadav told reporters.
Though not specifying the districts he was referring to, Yadav agreed Singh had a good hold in these districts.
Ajit Singh commands a major hold over Jat votes in Western Uttar Pradesh.
"We have the same background. He will become a big leader and will command respect," Yadav said.
Asked if Singh could be offered the post of the Chief Minister, if SP wrests power from BSP, he said the issue would be decided by the MLAs.
SP and RLD were alliance partners in the Uttar Pradesh government in 2003. But Ajit Singh broke the alliance and contested the last Lok Sabha elections with BJP.
While SP has 88 MLAs, RLD has 10 MLAs in the 403-member state legislative Assembly.
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