Afzal Ansari, president of the Quami Ekta Dal and the brother of don-cum-MLA from Mau, Mukhtar Ansari, speaks to. Then Mulayam Singh Yadav was the party’s national president and urged me to merge my party with SP as he said he was against any alliance. The merger was not accepted by Akhilesh Yadav, the chief minister. We then participated in SP functions and organized a big rally for Mulayam Singh Yadav in Ghazipur, days after Narendra Modi had a rally there, and ours was far more successful. Sibghatullah Ansari was called by the CM to his residence and his support requested in form of affidavit before EC over the symbol, which he signed.

Source: Economic Times January 27, 2017 18:33 UTC