BSP is open to alliance with Congress in Pb, says BSP gen secy

Bahujan Samaj Party today said it was open to an alliance with Congress for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab.
"We have started our preparation to contest all 117 assembly seats, following BSP supremo's order. However, if we get a proposal from Congress, we would take it up for discussion with party chief and decide accordingly," BSP general secretary Narendra Kashyap said here today.
Kashyap said the proposal should be "respectable".
The Rajya Sabha MP also said on March 15, the birth anniversary of BSP founder Kanshi Ram, party supremo Mayawati will hold a rally in Punjab's Nawanshahr.