NDA should not repeat 'mistakes' of Bihar polls in UP:Kushwaha

The BJP-led NDA had committed some "mistakes", resulting in its drubbing in Bihar polls and same should not be repeated in forthcoming UP assembly elections, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RSLP) said today.
Speaking to press persons here, RLSP chief and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha chose not to list the "mistakes" saying those should be discussed "internally", but noted there is a "possibility" of NDA registering win in the crucial UP elections.
"Since we experienced defeat in Bihar polls...Such mistakes should not be repeated in UP polls. We would not have witnessed such drubbing had we not committed some mistakes. The BJP and all of us should learn from those mistakes. We will discuss the issue from this perspective," the NDA ally said.

Whether not declaring Chief Ministerial candidate for the Bihar election was one of the mistakes, Kushwaha reiterated that those should not be discussed in public.
"Those should be discussed internally. But yes, if we don't discuss the mistakes internally too, then it will hurt in future. So, this will definitely be discussed, we will insist on that," he said during the briefing where he announced names of members of his party's national committee.
On asked about him favouring 'Ashok Rajya' at a time when NDA major BJP pitches for 'Ram Rajya', Kushwaha cryptically said "different programmes have different subjects" and refused to speak more.

About the on-going crisis within UP's ruling Samajwadi Party, the Minister said that party is on the verge of collapse "due to its own sins".

"It is a matter of their family, party. It is not right for us to speak. SP is on the verge of split. It is impossible to avert it," he added.
Kushwaha further said a RSLP team will soon visit UP to assess situation there to zero in on number of seats it will contest in the state.
He also rebuffed a question relating to his party's claiming to contest close to 100 seats in the election.

"We have not said anything on number of seats we plan to contest in UP. It is natural any party would like to contest all seats and win all of them. But it doesn't work that way," he said.
Meanwhile, to a question about some media reports suggesting that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is sending fillers to BJP, Kushwaha said the JD(U) president is "desperate". Kushwaha said Kumar's reported efforts in this regard will not help him gain his old image.