BSP-Cong tie-up on track in MP; Mayawati removes Rahul-baiting party leader

BSP's national coordinator Jai Prakash Singh, who had earlier said Rahul Gandhi could not be PM, was removed from all party posts

Developments of the past 48 hours indicate the Congress-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) alliance for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls is on track.

On Sunday, BSP chief Mayawati met Congress leader Kamal Nath in New Delhi, according to the Congress Madhya Pradesh spokesperson, Manak Agarwal. The Congress-BSP seat-sharing arrangement was still being worked out, but it had been decided in principle, sources said.

On Tuesday, Mayawati removed BSP’s national coordinator Jai Prakash Singh from all party posts. Singh had on Monday said Mayawati, and not Congress president Rahul Gandhi, deserved to be the prime minister. He had insinuated that the Congress