Facing anti-incumbency in MP, BJP may soon face a Congress-BSP alliance too

The two parties are also planning a similar tie-up in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

In a historic first, the Congress party will have an electoral pact with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh polls. The Congress and BSP are also planning a similar tie-up in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

Kamal Nath, the newly-appointed Congress chief for MP, confirmed this to The Wire and said he was the one negotiating with Mayawati.

The alliance with BSP is done and dusted in principle and the Congress has already got the Gondwana Gantantra Party – which has a tiny hold in eastern MP – on board with the alliance.

For the past 20 years, Mayawati has polled