UP opposition alliance 'unnatural': State minister

UP Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi Sunday termed the SP-BSP-RLD alliance as "unnatural" and born out of the Opposition's "fear psychosis" against the BJP-led NDA governments' development-oriented politics.

The Opposition is also scared of Prime Minister Narendra Modi' ever growing popularity, he claimed.

"The gathbandhan (alliance) of SP, BSP and RLD is an unnatural alliance. They do not have any similarity in terms of netas (leaders) and niti (policy)," said Shahi, elaborating how SP and the BSP had been fighting each other for the last 15 years.

"This alliance is a result of the fear psychosis created by performance of the BJP-led NDAgovernment under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi and his ever-growing popularity," the minister told PTI here.

"The alliance partners had indulged in various acts of corruption and the people of the state will never accept them,"he added.

"That's why they do not want a majboot (strong) government,they want a majboor (weak) one."
Shahi said, "PM Modi has worked for the upliftment of the people from different sections of the society including the downtrodden who constitute the lowest strata of the society."