UP election: Why 'no' to alliance by Mulayam Singh after so many meetings with Prashant Kishor?

New Delhi: Giving a big jolt to the Congress Party, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav (Netaji) said that his party will not enter into any alliance with any party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections. "Our party will not enter into any alliance with any party", he said. Since last few months, there were rumours that both the SP and Congress may form any alliance to keep the BJP and BSP out of power but this announcement by Netaji on Thursday has definitely come as a shocker. The Chief Minister of UP had already said that any decision to form an alliance will be taken by his father Mulayam. Why no to alliance after so many meetings? It may be recalled that recently, Prashant Kishor (Congress' poll strategist) had met both Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh. In fact, reportedly, the CM had denied meeting him but after the order from his father he finally decided to meet Kishor. Akhilesh also during his 'Vikas Rath Yatra' had said that his party's "doors are open for the alliance". So why this U-turn now? Is both the parties are unable to reach an agreement on seat sharing? Or CM candidate? Or....the SP is too confident of winning state election on its own? Well...the answers to these questions are not known at present but time will definitely make things clear. POLITICS OVER NOTES BAN: Notes banned with polls in mind, say Mulayam & Maya: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati said, on Thursday, the "sudden ban" on high denomination notes showed the NDA government did not keep the plight of people in mind and took the decision with an eye on Assembly elections. "The sudden ban on high denomination notes has caused immense hardships to commoners, farmers and the poor, the demonetisation has been done by the NDA government with an eye on elections, and not keeping plight of people in mind," Mulayam told a press conference in Lucknow. Mayawati also questioned the timing of the decision and said in a separate press conference-“PM’s decision is bit selfish, if they really wanted to curb black money then why they took this decision after two years.”