Samajwadi Party to quit alliance over Uddhav Sena leader's Babri Masjid post

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The Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra unit on Saturday said it would quit the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance following a post by a close aide of Uddhav Thackeray on the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. The Samajwadi Party has two MLAs in the Maharashtra Assembly.

The Samajwadi Party's move 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 on December 6.

"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.