LS polls 2024: Apna Dal-K announces new alliance with AIMIM in Uttar Pradesh

Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Pallavi Patel-led Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) announced a new alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Sunday. This comes after Apna Dal (K) snubbed the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc. Other parties like Premchand Bind's Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party and Rashtriya Uday Party are also included in the alliance. 

However, the alliance did not clarify how many seats it will contest in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to the media, Patel said they have put PDM -- Pichda (backwards), Dalit (scheduled castes) and Muslims PDM forward to defeat PDA -- Pichda (backwards), Dalit (scheduled castes) and Alpasankhyak (minorities). 



'A' has no true meaning and place in PDA, hence we have brought 'M' in place of A," she added. 

On Swami Prasad Maurya, the Apna Dal chief said he is welcome if he wishes to join the alliance. Earlier on February 22, former Samajwadi Party leader Maurya launched his new party ‘Rashtriya Shoshit Samaaj Party’ at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi days after quitting the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party.

The Samajwadi Party called off its ties with Apna Dal (Kameravadi) amid the differences between the alliance partners that had been playing out in public for a long time. "We were in alliance with Apna Dal (Kameravadi) in the 2022 Assembly polls but it is not in 2024." Akhilesh Yadav told the media.