UP, 10/7: Apparently eyeing a clean sweep in the Jat-dominated western Uttar Pradesh region in the next Lok Sabha polls due next year, the BJP has extended an olive branch to the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a predominantly Jat outfit having considerable influence in the region, asking president Jayant Chaudhary to join the saffron party.
UP BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary, who also hails from the western region of the state, said that Jayant was ‘welcome’ to join the BJP. ”We will welcome him (Jayant) if he wants to join us and work under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Chaudhary said here.
On the question of an alliance with the RLD in the LS polls, Chaudhary said that it was up to the central leadership of the BJP to take a decision in this regard. ”We will always support the decision of the central leadership on an alliance,” Chaudhary added.
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