RLD, JD (U) and BS-4 form alliance for upcoming UP polls

​Ajit Singh led ​Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Janata Dal (United) and a local outfit BS-4 have ​formed a coalition ​to fight the 2017 ​State assembly elections together.​ No official name for the alliance was, however, announced.​ 

Addressing a joint press conference ​in Lucknow yesterday, RLD chief Ajit



Singh, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav and BS-4 leader Bachan Singh said, they will contest all the 403 Assembly seats​ in Uttar P​radesh. The partners are in talks with other smaller parties to expand the alliance.

The development is significant as it comes amid talks of a Bihar-like anti-BJP mahagathbandhan in U.P.