Irked over an ad that glorified Babri structure demolition, Samajwadi Party on Saturday decided to quit INDI alliance or MVA in Maharashtra.
The move by the Samajwadi Party, which has two MLAs, came after Sena (UBT) MLC Milind Narvekar gave a newspaper ad and hailed the demolition of the mosque on the 32nd anniversary of the incident.
Samajwadi leader Abu Azmi says party was not contacted during ticket distribution as well.
"An advertisement was given by Shiv Sena (UBT) in a newspaper congratulating those who demolished Babri Masjid. His (Uddhav Thackeray) aide has also posted on X hailing the demolition of the mosque. We are quitting the MVA," Maharashtra SP unit chief Abu Azmi said.
"If anyone in the MVA speaks such language, what is the difference between the BJP and them? Why should we stay with them?" Azmi said.
On December 6, Narvekar posted a photo of the demolition of the mosque along with a quote of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray that said, "I am proud of those who did this".
The post had images of Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray and Narvekar.
The friction was visible on Saturday as Samajwadi Party MLAs took oath as members of the newly-constituted Assembly while the MVA boycotted the event.
Abu Azmi, who took oath as Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar MLA for the fourth time, said neither was the Samajwadi Party contacted during ticket distribution, nor was there any coordination during the elections.
On MVA MLAs not taking oath, Azmi said, "What do we have to do with this? We were not contacted during ticket distribution, there was no coordination whatsoever during the elections."
Fissures between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress were also out in the open after the Haryana election debacle. As the BJP stormed back to power in Haryana, Akhilesh Yadav accused the Congress of arrogance and denying it any seats to contest in the polls.
The party was also not given any seats in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh elections.
Lately, Samajwadi Party also backed Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee's claim that her party and she should be allowed to lead the opposition alliance at the national level.
This move is seen as expression of no confidence in Rahul Gandhi.
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