Lucknow Jan 29 (PTI) The Congress and Samajwadi Party alliance for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next month was today termed as "opportunistic and unholy" by their political opponents with BSP chief Mayawati calling it a conspiracy to indirectly benefit BJP. Mayawati said, "it was a result of selfish politics of both these parties and a conspiracy to indirectly benefit anti-poor and pro-capitalist BJP". Questioning the alliance, BJP general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak alleged that the real motive behind such "unholy" alliance was to serve their vested interests. "This alliance was just to cover up the corruption of the previous UPA government, and the present SP government in UP," Pathak said. BSP also made an appeal to the people to remain cautious of such a selfish and opportunistic alliance.

Source: India Today January 29, 2017 13:21 UTC