Lucknow, March 22 -- Cracks have appeared in the opposition INDIA bloc over seat sharing with Akhilesh Yadav declaring that the Samajwadi Party does not have a tie-up with Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) for Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The situation aggravated when Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav refused to give three Lok Sabha seats to Pallavi Patel's Apna Dal (Kameravadi), which she had asked for.
In a terse statement in Lucknow on Thursday, Akhilesh Yadav asserted that their alliance with Apna Dal (Kameravadi) was confined to the 2022 UP assembly elections, drawing a clear line under any future collaboration for the upcoming 2024 polls.
The rift within the alliance became apparent when Pallavi Patel, acting president of Apna ...