On SP-BSP Alliance, Rahul says Akhilesh & Mayawati have right to do what they want, we will fight in UP with full capacity

At a media conference in Dubai, Rahul Gandhi said “I have tremendous respect for the leaders of the BSP and Samajwadi Party, and recognise that they have the right to do what they want.”

"Congress party has tremendous to offer to the people of Uttar Pradesh. On BSP and SP I have tremendous respect to the leaders of BSP and SP, they have a right to do what they want to do," Rahul Gandhi said.

Dubai: Shortly after the SP and BSP announced their alliance without the Congress in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, on Saturday Congress President Rahul Gandhi announced that his party will fight the elections in the state with "full capacity". While addressing a press conference in Dubai, Gandhi said he has a "tremendous respect" to the leaders of the two parties and "they have a right to do what they want to do". He further added “BSP and SP have made a political decision. It's on us on how to strengthen the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh and we will fight with our full capacity”

BSP and SP have made a political decision. It's on us on how to strengthen the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh and we will fight with our full capacity: Congress President @RahulGandhi#RahulGandhiPressMeet pic.twitter.com/PxkIRWAO6G

— Congress (@INCIndia) January 12, 2019

"Congress party has tremendous to offer to the people of Uttar Pradesh. On BSP and SP I have tremendous respect to the leaders of BSP and SP, they have a right to do what they want to do," he said. He further added that priority today is that the current government is failing and we have a massive unemployment crisis. “Demonetisation by PM Modi was a rash and irresponsible action. He was directly responsible for the decimation of informal sector” he said. Once arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party announced Saturday their tie-up in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sharing 38 seats each and keeping the Congress out of the alliance. The parties also announced their seat-sharing formula, which as per sources had been decided on January 4.  As per the announcement made by Mayawati, of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, BSP is going to get 38 seats; whereas SP will be given 38 seats. The parties, however, said they would not field candidates in Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.