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  • AGP threatens to quit UNPA, vote against govt.

    New Delhi (PTI): Angry over Samajwadi Party's decision to back the government in Parliament on Indo-US nuclear deal issue, the AGP on Saturday threatened to leave UNPA if the Mualayam Singh Yadav-headed party remained its constituent and indicated its desire to have adjustment with BJP.

    AGP President Brindaban Goswami said his party's two MPs would vote against the UPA government in the event of a no confidence motion in Parliament.

    He said AGP cannot have any relation with any party which makes friendship with Congress.

    "The SP should have consulted the UNPA constituents before taking a decision to support the nuclear deal. If the SP does not leave UNPA, we will leave it," he told reporters here.

    Asked about the AGP's growing proxmity to the BJP, Goswami said it was open to have "some kind of adjustment" with the saffron party in future elections in Assam.

    "For us, the Congress is the most communal party. To defeat the Congress, we are working to bring all non-Congress parties on a single platform," he said.

    Asked whether there was any possibility of the AGP joining the NDA in future, Goswami evaded a directed reply saying "our priority is to defeat the Congress and ensure that non-Congress votes are not divided".

    A six-member delegation of the AGP had met senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.







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