Prakash Rajbhar won’t attend Narendra Modi rally in Uttar Pradesh

BALLIA: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president Om Prakash Rajbhar has announced he will not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Ghazipur, slated for December 29.nnRajbhar, who represents the Zahoorabad assembly constituency in Ghazipur district, is the Backward Class Welfare and Divyangjan Empowerment Minister in the Yogi Adityanath government. His SBSP is an ally of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.nn”I will not attend the December 29 programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ghazipur,” Rajbhar told reporters in Ballia on Saturday.nnModi is to visit Uttar Pradesh on December 29 to issue a commemorative postal stamp on backward caste Maharaja Suheldev Rajbhar and lay the foundation stone of infrastructure projects in Ghazipur.nnAn MLA from a constituency falling in Ghazipur and also a part of the state government, Rajbhar claimed he was never invited at the programmes of Modi held in that district and other parts of Poorvanchal.nnAsked whether he plans to go alone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rajbhar said, “In case, there is no seat-sharing agreement with the BJP, the SBSP will contest on all 80 Lok Sabha seats from UP and 16 seats from Bihar.” The SBSP chief said his party is preparing to contest the polls on its own.nnRajbhar has aired his differences with the BJP in the past on a range of issues including rights of backward classes.nnSource: Press Trust of India