SP, BSP back Meira Kumar, consolidate anti-BJP forces in UP
(WorldNews India)

The coming together of archrivals BSP and SP to support the candidature of Meira Kumar as president could be a crucial step towards further consolidating anti-BJP forces in Uttar Pradesh, say political observers. Struggling to regain lost ground after the near washout in the recent assembly elections with the BJP making deep inroads into their respective bastions, the SP and the BSP have found in the presidential election another opportunity to come on the same page. Though their value of votes is unlikely to make either NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind win or bolster Kumar`s prospects, their joint support for the opposition-backed candidate will drive home the message that forces opposed to...