Modi says SP going soft on Congress, hints at rift in UP's grand alliance

Attempting to draw a wedge in the SP-BSP-RLD alliance, Modi claimed that BSP chief Mayawati has understood that the SP and the Congress are playing a "big game" with her

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) of going soft on the Congress, implying a rift in the SP-BSP opposition alliance against the BJP in UP.

Addressing a BJP rally here, Modi said while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati is attacking the Congress, a Congress leader is sharing the stage with the SP. The apparent reference was to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s presence at a Samajwadi Party meeting in Rae Bareli on Thursday.            

“The SP is going soft on the Congress, but its alliance partner