Won't withdraw support to UPA government:
Mulayam
Saturday March 30, 2013 05:11:01 PM,
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New Delhi: Samajwadi
Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday ruled out withdrawing
support to the UPA government, saying it was his political
compulsion to keep communal forces at bay.
He also speculated that the general elections due in April-May
2014 could be held by November 2013.
"There is no strained relationship with the Congress. There is no
talk of withdrawal of support (to the UPA) even within our party,"
Yadav told CNN-IBN news channel in an interview.
"It's (supporting Congress) a political compulsion. We have been
fighting against communal forces (read the BJP). When we were
fighting alone against the communal forces, only Chandra
Shekhar-ji was in touch with us. After Ayodhya (the Babri mosque
demolition in 1992), it was for us to protect the unity of this
country. Otherwise, the Muslims would have felt nobody stood by
them," he said.
Yadav said the next Lok Sabha polls could be held in November this
year.
"Elections will not happen in May. There will be early elections.
This is the analysis... Elections will happen this year itself,
maybe in November. Election process of all parties has already
begun," he said.
Yadav denied he was moving closer to the BJP.
"What is the meaning of being cosy to the BJP? If I've fought with
anybody, then it was Advani-ji. When I was fighting against the
BJP, the Congress was a silent spectator," he said.
"The people have appreciated my statement on Advani-ji. But it's
strange that leaders from both the parties -- Congress and BJP --
are criticising me," he said.
Noting he had no ambitions to be the prime minister, Yadav said he
was hopeful of a Third Front, rubbished by both the Congress and
the BJP.
"I have no ambitions of being a prime minister," he said.
"Whenever a Third Front has come into existence, nobody had any
prior idea about its formation. It came spontaneously. I think
this time also, it will happen like this. Many parties will come
with us," he said.
"After the election, if the situation demanded, the parties may
come together and form the Third Front. Always the Third Front has
come into existence after elections," Yadav said.
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