The Rashtriya Lok Dal has ruled out any post-poll alliance with the BJP, enthused by reports that their traditional votebank in western Uttar Pradesh, the Jats, are angry with the BJP and may return to fold. The Jat support had swung to the BJP in 2014 Lok Sabha elections following the Muzzaffarnagar riots, and the RLD - which had won 9 seats in 2012 assembly elections -- had drawn a blank. But with the perceived failure of the BJP to deliver on its pre-election promise of reservation in government jobs, there are reports that the Jat ire against the party has grown.
