Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav finally made it official today - their alliance for the national election would not include the Congress as they didn't expect much dividend from the party. For the Congress, which has pitched for a grand opposition alliance to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national election, it is an epic snub driven home by Mayawati's sharp words and Akhilesh Yadav's pointed silence. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader said it was "well known" that her party as well as Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party would not benefit from tying up with the Congress. "Past experience tells us that the Congress can't transfer votes to us. Maybe it's a conspiracy by the Congress to transfer votes to the BJP," said Mayawati.
