Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati announced an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 on January 12. Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) leader Sharad Yadav expressed his views on the SP-BSP alliance. He said, “Vote distribution in the opposition party should be minimum as this is beneficial for us.”