Asked on the possibility of an alliance ahead of the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said "it is a strategic matter and can't be discussed in a presser".
Asked if his party was in talks with the Samajwadi Party or the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), Gandhi said in a lighter vein: "It is a strategic matter. If I say this in this press conference, then... if you come to me personally, I can tell you quietly."
There are reports that the Congress is holding parleys with the ruling Samajwadi Party for an alliance in Uttar Pradesh.
Speculations about a possible alliance were rife after Congress poll strategist Prashant Kishor met Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
--IANS
sid/tsb
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content
