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Mulayam, Lalu agree not to fight each other : Regional parties to gain clout, setback for third alte

	May 05, 2008

The first pre-poll alliance before next year’s Lok Sabha elections has started taking shape with Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rash¬triya Janata Dal (RJD), announcing last week that they will not contest against each other in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Leaders of the two parties said that they have decided on not encroaching into each other’s territory and votebanks as the two parties had only harmed themselves by putting up candidates against ...