Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati will Saturday announce their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls, appearing set to keep the Congress out of the pact in Uttar Pradesh.
The Congress described this likelihood as a "very dangerous mistake" and said it was ready to fight the parliamentary polls alone in the state.
SP national secretary Rajendra Chaudhary and Bahujan Samaj Party national general secretary SC Misra Friday sent out the invitation for a joint press conference at a hotel in Lucknow.
Akhilesh Yadav confirmed in a television interview that the press conference is on the alliance in Uttar Pradesh, while parrying questions on seat-sharing with the Congress.
At a meeting in Kannauj, he also said, Our coming together has not only created fear in the BJP but also in the Congress."
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